Domicile – what does it mean and why is it important if you are having a baby through surrogacy?

by Franklyn | Dec 19, 2025 | Surrogacy

A parental order is the UK legal solution for surrogacy; it is a post-birth court order which makes the intended parents the legal parents of their child and permanently extinguishes the status of the surrogate and her spouse. Parents through surrogacy who want to be...

Our letter to the Times re their article on surrogacy

by Natalie | Apr 8, 2025 | International surrogacy, Surrogacy, Surrogacy campaigning

Dear Editor of the Times We are writing in response to your article ‘Loophole allows Britons to ‘buy babies’ abroad, campaigners warn’ by Sanchez Manning, published on Sunday 30 March 2025.  As the founders of the law firm which has represented many of the families in...

NGA on the BBC – UK surrogacy has quadrupled in the last ten years

by Natalie | Sep 22, 2021 | Surrogacy, UK surrogacy

The BBC has been running news stories all day today about the growth of UK surrogacy, with parental order statistics showing that the numbers of UK surrogacy cases have quadrupled over the past ten years. NGA and Brilliant Beginnings surrogacy team Sam, Guy and...

I’m a single parent through surrogacy – should I apply for a parental order?

by Franklyn | Jan 29, 2019 | International surrogacy, LGBT+ family building, Surrogacy

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. We understand the family court is busy with applications and we have already made a...

Single parent surrogacy – the government must heed Parliament’s warning – Article published in Bionews

by Franklyn | Mar 26, 2018 | International surrogacy, Surrogacy

Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews supporting Parliament’s criticism of the government ‘remedial order’ which will enable single parents, like couples, to apply for a parental order if they conceive a child through surrogacy. Although the...