Legal Contracts and Agreements for Surrogates
Surrogate Agreement Contract
After you complete the approval process to become a surrogate with My Baby Donor Agency, we guide you through the legal contracts, agreements, and protections you can expect. At My Baby Donor Agency, we strive to ensure you understand your rights as a surrogate, creating a more seamless, stress-free experience. Learn more about surrogate agreements and contracts in California here.
Surrogacy Legal Contracts in California
Any surrogacy contract through My Baby Donor Agency is designed to protect the adopting couple, as well as the surrogate mother. While California is an incredibly progressive state when it comes to reproductive donation, we want every surrogate who works with us to feel the attention, compassion, and care we put into every parent-surrogate pairing. Some of the terms your surrogate agreements and contract will discuss include:
- Financial Terms: Specific compensation and reimbursement for handling expected and unexpected costs during pregnancy.
- Medical Procedures: Decides who makes the decisions about pregnancy termination, selective reduction, delivery techniques, and embryo transfers.
- Legal Parentage: How and when the adoptive parents will be recognized as the legal parents, as well as the legal rights of the surrogate mother when it comes to visitation and involvement in the child’s life.
- Health & Lifestyle: Communication expectations, travel restrictions, wellness monitoring, and general health regulations.
- Dispute Resolution: Sets out the methods for resolving any disagreements throughout the pregnancy journey to minimize stress for intended parents and surrogates.
- Termination: Process and requirements if either party must end the gestational surrogacy agreement early.
Every surrogacy legal contract developed by the team at My Baby Donor Agency is customized to your needs to ensure the clearest guidelines and the best possible protections for both sides.
When to Sign
In California, a surrogate must sign the contract before any medications or fertility treatments begin. We begin writing the contract only after you’ve been matched with the intended parents, but before any embryo transfer occurs. The timing of surrogate agreements and contracts is designed to inform and protect all parties, minimize any ambiguity about expectations, and provide mutual trust throughout the process.
Where to Sign
Surrogate agreements and contracts must be witnessed and notarized to ensure they’re legally binding in the state of California. My Baby Donor Agency provides a witness and notary for your convenience. However, you may choose to find your own. Some locations that provide both witnesses and notaries acceptable to the surrogate signing process include:
- Banks
- Credit Unions
- UPS Locations
- Public Libraries
- Online Notaries
My Baby Donor Agency Supports You
Our surrogacy agreements and contracts are just one way in which we support your surrogacy journey. You can expect the team at My Baby Donor Agency to be there for you in many other ways:
- Explaining complicated legal language
- Helping you negotiate the best contract for your needs
- Managing legal and medical timelines
- Tracking documentation and paperwork
We’ve developed a process that guarantees you’re not lost or out of the loop. Reach out today to discuss your surrogacy journey with My Baby Donor Agency.