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Family Law Practitioners can all agree that what has been achieved by the Courts during the pandemic has been nothing short of miraculous.  Changes that have been talked about for years happened over...

Caselaw update Re X (Parental Order: Death of Intended Parent Prior to Birth) [2020] EWFC 39 Facts: M and F enter into a straight surrogacy arrangement after years of struggling to conceiv...

Covid-19 and International Surrogacy Popular destinations for international surrogacy arrangements are USA, Canada, Georgia and the Ukraine.  Babies born in the US and Canada are classed as citize...

Parental Orders Once the criteria are fulfilled the Court will look at whether the making of the Order is in the child’s best interests.  Many IP(s) conduct the parental application themselves b...

Pathway to Surrogacy Surrogacy in England is legal, but the surrogacy agreements themselves are not legally binding or enforceable.  Under the Surrogacy Act 1985, it is a criminal offence to adver...

An Introduction Surrogacy arrangements date back to biblical times but gained real potential after 1978 when the first baby was conceived via IVF.  This innovation pioneered further medical advanc...

In the second post of the themed week, Fiona Lyon speaks about Pre-nuptial Agreements. https://youtu.be/2nwMWQTP9Nw The term pre-nuptial agreement or “pre-nup” is understood by most people,...

MPs yesterday debated the final stages of the no-fault divorce, dissolution and separation bill which has now passed its third and final reading in Parliament.  The bill completed the House of Lords...