Couples could become legal parents of surrogate babies at birth under new proposals

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Couples could become legal parents of surrogate babies at birth under new proposals
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The changes would ensure 'greater legal certainty, transparency and safeguards against exploitation', and would work better for children, surrogates and intended parents, said the Law Commission of England and Wales, which published the review with the Scottish Law Commission.

The changes would ensure"greater legal certainty, transparency and safeguards against exploitation", and would work better for children, surrogates and intended parents, said the Law Commission of England and Wales, which published the review with the Scottish Law Commission.Proposals to shake-up surrogacy laws which are"outdated" and"not fit for purpose" could see couples become the legal parents of a surrogate child from birth.

But by that point she would have to apply for a parental order to obtain legal parental status instead of the intended parents. In most cases, those raising the baby currently have no legally-recognised relationship with the child until a parental order is granted, as the surrogate and her spouse or civil partner are seen as the legal parents of the child until then.

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