Residents of San Diego and other nearby areas in California may want to learn more about the different donor arrangements for third-party reproduction. If you have fertility challenges, you will want to know about the choices as the type of donor may affect your...
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What are the key elements of a surrogacy contract?
In San Diego, throughout California and all over the world, people struggling to start a family on their own may consider alternatives. Finding a surrogate is one way to achieve their goal. To avoid problems, it is important to understand the elements of a surrogacy...
What are your parental rights when you use surrogacy?
One of the most exciting and rewarding things that can happen to California residents is becoming a parent. However, some people have fertility issues that may require them to seek help. If options like in-vitro fertilization aren’t viable, they might want to consider...
Starting the process of surrogacy in California
Are you planning to become a parent through surrogacy, or would you like to be a surrogate mother? Here’s how the surrogate process works in California for intended parents and gestational mothers. Surrogacy in California If a couple cannot conceive a child by...
What is the cost of surrogacy and how can you pay for it?
Many couples in California and elsewhere struggle with fertility issues. In addition, many LGBTQ couples turn to fertility assistance when they want to start a family. A surrogate is one of the options that allows couples to have a child. Of course, surrogacy is...
The difference between gestational and traditional surrogacy
Couples in California who wish to become parents but have difficulty conceiving and carrying a baby to term might turn to surrogacy. The type of surrogacy chosen has different legal implications that prospective parents should understand before embarking on this...
3 common questions same-sex couples ask about surrogacy
Want to have a child with your partner in California, but you’re unable to do so? This is the situation for many same-sex couples. If you’re one of these couples, surrogacy may be the solution for you. However, before you move forward, you need to ask yourself three...
How do domestic and international surrogacy processes differ?
If you’re looking to welcome a new child into your California family, you might consider surrogacy. The surrogacy process involves intended parents working with a surrogate who carries the baby through birth. If you’re interested in the surrogacy process, you can...
How national laws pertaining to surrogacy and fertility vary
California parents exploring surrogacy enjoy many rights and opportunities that national laws pertaining to surrogacy and fertility deny in other places. For example, in the Golden State, the law protects you with pre-birth orders and birth certificate notations. What...
How NY affects national laws pertaining to fertility/surrogacy
Recently, New York ended its ban on surrogacy. However, the state added something to its new law. What does this mean for California couples who battle with infertility? Ending a long ban on surrogacy New York has always been the odd man out in the fertility debate....