|
| SECTION II: Representations | The genetic father and intended mother represent that they are a married couple, each over the age of eighteen years, who has a desire to enter into this surrogacy agreement. The genetic father further represents that, to the best of his knowledge, he is capable of producing semen of sufficient nature for in vitro fertilization and subsequent embryo transfer into the surrogate mother.
The surrogate mother represents that she is married at this time, and desires, along with her husband, boyfriend, if there is any, to enter into this surrogacy agreement.
The surrogate mother represents that she is over the age of eighteen years, and that she has a desire to enter into this surrogacy agreement for the reasons stated above, and not for herself or her husband / boyfriend, if here is any, to become the parent of any Child / children conceived by genetic father and a designated egg donor (not a party to this surrogacy agreement). The surrogate mother further represents that she has made an informed decision to enter into this surrogacy agreement. The above mentioned decision has been made after careful consideration and counseling with respect to all aspects of each issue involved in this surrogacy agreement. The surrogate mother further represents that she enters into this surrogacy agreement voluntarily, and in the absence of economic or emotional duress of any kind, and that she enters into this surrogacy agreement of her own free will.
The surrogate mother further believes that she is able to of conceive and carry normal healthy child / children to term, but agrees that neither she nor her husband / boyfriend, if there is any, is desirous of forming and will not form or attempt to form a parent-child relationship with any child / children, arriving in the result of this surrogacy agreement. In addition the surrogate mother and her husband / boyfriend, if there is any, are to confirm that they shall freely and readily, in conformance with applicable statutory regulations, terminate all parental rights to said child / children pursuant to this surrogacy agreement.
The aim of this surrogacy agreement for the surrogate mother is to carry and deliver the biological child / children of the genetic father. This aim will be accomplished with the help of some certain medical procedures, using assisted reproductive technologies. These procedures include the retrieval of an egg / eggs from a designated egg donor, who is not a part of this surrogacy agreement, in vitro fertilization of the egg / eggs with the genetic father’s sperm and then implantation of the embryo / embryos into the surrogate mother’s uterus.
Soon after the baby’s / babies’ arrival the surrogate mother and her husband / boyfriend, if there is any, are to relinquish the child / children to the genetic father and intended mother, and after that the genetic father and intended mother will assume all parental rights as well as responsibilities for the child / children, who arrived in the result of this surrogacy agreement. The genetic father acknowledges paternity of the child / children to be conceived and he agrees to have his name listed in the child / children’s birth certificate / certificates. The surrogate mother will have to comply with all legal actions, which are necessary to have the intended mother’s name placed on the birth certificate / certificates.
|
|
