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New York To Allow Genetic Mothers On Birth Certificates In Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements

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Lost in all the drama of the past week was an important decision out of New York. In the case of T.V. (Anonymous), et al., v. New York State Department of Health, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (their appellate court) recognized the right of a genetic mother using a gestational carrier to have her name placed on her child’s birth certificate. You can read the slip opinion here.

This is a very significant decision out of New York and hopefully the first step towards eliminating their prohibition on compensated surrogacy. Kudos to my colleague Melissa Brisman and her team of attorneys for this significant accomplishment.

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Discussion

One comment for “New York To Allow Genetic Mothers On Birth Certificates In Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements”

  • Sunshine

    Wow- this is amazing!

    It’s amazing to read through that law document and see how biological mothers were not allowed on the birth certificates/seen as the children’s mothers, but the fathers were, so terrible.

    But I don’t really understand how this can help us out who live in NY when you can’t even enter into a GC contract in this state because it’s still considered illegal? How does this even help us?

    Thanks for always being so timely!

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