Adoption order granted to non-biological surrogacy mum in UK legal first – new reported NGA case

by Helen | Feb 27, 2023 | Adoption, International Surrogacy, Surrogacy, Surrogacy in California, Surrogacy in the USA

The English High Court has made a non-biological mother through US surrogacy her son’s legal mother via adoption – rather than a parental order – in an important new UK court ruling. We are delighted to have represented the mother in the case, reported as J v K...

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

by Franklyn | Jan 29, 2019 | 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...

NGA in the Law Society Gazette on today’s law change for single parents

by Natalie | Jan 9, 2019 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

The Law Society Gazette have covered today’s law change to include single parents in UK surrogacy law.  Speaking to NGA Law, the Law Society Gazette wrote: The change has been welcomed by Burgate and London firm Natalie Gamble Associates, whose work to challenge...

UK surrogacy law embraces single parents from today – NGA celebrating after a long campaign

by Franklyn | Jan 3, 2019 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

We are celebrating the coming into force of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 which, from today, enables single parents through surrogacy to apply for a parental order to become their child’s legal parent and to obtain a UK birth...

Single parent surrogacy reform goes back to Parliament

by Franklyn | Jul 28, 2018 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

The draft remedial order which will change the law to allow single parents through surrogacy to apply for parental orders has gone back to Parliament for a second time.  When will the law change? It will now be considered by the Parliamentary Committee for its second...