5. As soon as the surrogacy contract is clear to all the participants of the procedure, and if they do not mind any condition, noted in it, it may be finalized printed out and sign the sign the signature page, after which it is brought to the attorney’s office.
6. The couple of future intended parents receive two originals from their attorney’s office, which contain their surrogate mother’s initials and signatures. They will also have to sign the bottom of each page of these two agreements and sign both of them. After that they may have one copy of it, however, the second is to be sent back to the attorney’s office in order it to be given to the surrogate mother for her records.
How long does it usually take to finalize the surrogacy agreement?
Actually, the length of this procedure depends upon how quickly the drafts of the surrogacy agreement are reviewed and approved; however, the finalization and execution usually takes the time frame, ranging from one week up to a month or so. Generally, if a couple’s attorney contract is signed by their attorney, and if all the necessary information about their match with the surrogate mother is available, it should not take longer than a couple of days. Then the time will be given to the couple of future intended parents in order they would have a chance to look over their arrangement, the perspective surrogate mother will also need some time to do the same along with her attorney. Thus, all necessary documentation is ready within no longer than two weeks.
Must our Surrogacy Agreement be signed before our surrogate undergoes medical screening?
Most surrogacy clinics and In Vitro Fertilization offices ask for a surrogacy agreement to b e ready yet before the surrogate mother will begin taking all necessary medications. Anyway, it is generally better to have all the papers signed and ready as soon as possible.
Must an attorney represent my surrogate?
Now every surrogacy agency requires a surrogate mother of the couple of intended parents be represented by an attorney, however, it is advisable to do so, because it is in both interests of the couple of intended parents and of their surrogate mother as well to have an attorney knowledgeable about the existing surrogacy law explain all the contract’s peculiarities to the participants of a surrogacy agreement.
Can the surrogate assert her parental rights at some point in the future?
It should be pointed out that every surrogacy agreement is signed with the purpose to let each participant of it to state intentions and to state that the surrogate mother will not intend to have any parental rights over the child and that she will not wish to have either physical or legal custody of the baby, who will arrive in the result of this arrangement. There is also the second stage of the surrogacy agreement signing process, which requires a court proceeding, during which all rights of a surrogate mother as well as her husband (in case if she has any) are terminated and the rights of intended parents are confirmed.
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