29 Jan, 2019
I’m a single parent through surrogacy – should I apply for a parental order?
Following our last blog about the law change for law change for single parents through surrogacy, we’ve been talking to single mums and dads considering applying for parental orders.
06 Feb, 2018
Parents through surrogacy who are splitting up? What does UK law say?
Usually, one of the first things parents think of if they are considering separating is how arrangements for their children will be managed. If your children were born through surrogacy,
13 Oct, 2017
Is it too late to change your mind if you decided against applying for a parental order when your child was born?
In the recently published case of Re B (Foreign Surrogacy) [2016] EWFC 77, High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis made a parental order in respect of a child born following
11 Sep, 2017
Single parents eagerly await remedial order as another parental order application is stayed pending a change in the law
In 2016 NGA Law represented a single father who had a child through surrogacy in the US in a parental order application, and managed to win a formal declaration from
09 Feb, 2017
UK law to change for single parents through surrogacy
We are thrilled to announce that UK law will be changed to permit single parents who have children through surrogacy to apply for a parental order. Under the current law,
16 Dec, 2016
New High Court decision highlights the importance of establishing ‘domicile’ in international surrogacy cases
High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis has granted parental orders for two children born through a gestational surrogacy arrangement in the US. On the surface this is yet another international surrogacy case
20 May, 2016
UK’s top family judge declares that UK law should give single parents through surrogacy the same rights as couples
Sir James Munby, the President of the High Court Family Division, has made a formal declaration that UK law discriminates against single parents with children born through surrogacy and is
22 Jan, 2016
High Court gives guidance for international surrogacy cases, after newborn surrogate twins are left stranded for a year in India
In yet another decision to highlight the deficiencies of UK surrogacy law, the High Court has criticised the handling of an international surrogacy case in which twins born to British
07 Sep, 2015
High Court rules it cannot grant birth certificates to single dads through surrogacy
In a High Court decision today, the President of the Family Division has ruled that UK law cannot be stretched to recognise children born to single parents through surrogacy. Denying
17 Jul, 2015
High Court awards parental order in first South African surrogacy case
Following a recent ruling by the High Court (Re A [2015] EWHC 1756 (Fam)), legal parenthood has been awarded to a same sex couple who had a child, born through
