Surrogacy Lawyers South Africa
Surrogacy Lawyers In South Africa – Your Legal Aid During The Process Of Surrogacy
Surrogacy in South Africa affords people who otherwise would not have been able to conceive, a solution to becoming parents by special people who offer to become surrogate mothers to help someone else. By making use of surrogacy lawyers in South Africa ensures that both parties know where they stand, the expectations and the process when dealing with the legal side of the arrangement.
The new Children’s Act (Act No. 38 of 2005) means that surrogacy lawyers in South Africa have to adhere to the new laws regarding surrogacy arrangements. The law with regards to surrogacy has changed and these changes are necessary to keep the credibility of legal surrogacy arrangements intact.
There are certain restrictions and aspects that apply to surrogacy arrangements and surrogacy lawyers in South Africa would be able to give you professional advice on matters such as:
- Commissioning parents and surrogates must have South African domicilium. This means they reside in South Africa or intent to have permanent residence in South Africa.
- The surrogate must have had at least one child and have successfully given birth to at least one child
- The partner of the surrogate must be supportive of the process
- The gametes or genes of at least one of the commissioning parents must be used in the fertility treatment
- A medical reason must exist for commissioning parents to proceed the surrogacy route
- A surrogacy contract must be ratified as part of the surrogacy agreement
- The surrogate mother may not profit financially from the surrogacy agreement
- A court order relinquishing parental rights and responsibilities from the surrogate must be obtained before embryos are transferred into the surrogate
Contact Adele van der Walt Incorporated for professional legal advice and more information regarding surrogacy arrangements in South Africa.
For more information on this subject, please give us a call at (SA) or e-mail us at susann@avdw.co.za
