Building a family in Florida, papered properly.

Florida has a written statutory framework for assisted reproduction, which is more than many states can say. Gestational surrogacy contracts sit under Florida Statutes section 742.15, and the expedited affirmation of parental status that follows the birth sits under section 742.16. Donation of eggs, sperm, and preembryos is addressed in section 742.14.

The framework only protects you if the paperwork is done in the right order. Contracts signed after an embryo transfer, agency forms treated as legal agreements, and parentage assumed rather than ordered are the three places these arrangements go wrong.

Gestational surrogacy contracts

Drafting or reviewing the agreement between intended parents and the gestational surrogate: medical decision-making, compensation and expense terms, insurance, conduct during pregnancy, multiples, termination provisions, and what happens if circumstances change. Each side keeps its own lawyer.

Donor agreements

Known and anonymous egg, sperm, and embryo donation agreements, including the disposition terms clinics ask about and most people sign without reading.

Parentage paperwork

The petition and supporting documents that affirm parental status after birth so the birth certificate and the legal record match the family you actually built.

Second reads

Agency or clinic paperwork already in hand, reviewed independently before you sign. Bring it to the call.

One phone call. Bring the stage you are at, whether an agency or clinic is already involved, and any documents that have been sent to you. By the end of the call you know what needs papering, in what order, and what the engagement looks like.

Related reading: the practice FAQ and the consultation page.