Surrogacy Agreement in Georgia

Start with accurate people and embryo facts

Record the legal identities, family structure, citizenship and residence of the intended parents; the surrogate’s identity and capacity; and the source and status of the egg, sperm and embryos. Those facts may affect Georgian law and foreign recognition, so they must match clinic and civil-status records.

Give the parties separate advice

Independent advisers can explain the document from each party’s perspective and identify conflicts before signing. The surrogate should receive advice in a language she understands with private time to ask questions. One commercial coordinator should not act as everyone’s lawyer.

Cover practical and financial mechanics

An agreement is easier to use when it explains everyday responsibilities as clearly as rare contingencies. Payment administration, appointments, privacy, communication, travel, birth and postpartum support should be described in language both sides understand.

• Compensation instalments and expense reimbursement
• Who holds funds and how records are kept
• Clinic, pregnancy, birth and postpartum costs
• Travel, childcare, lost income and prescribed restrictions
• Cycle cancellation, failed transfer, pregnancy loss and complications
• Insurance review and uninsured costs
• Tax or reporting advice where relevant

Medical clauses have a limit

The document can record shared intentions and communication duties about embryo number, prenatal testing, fetal diagnosis, termination, delivery and emergencies. It should not represent that advance wording replaces the surrogate’s current informed consent or the clinician’s legal and professional duties.

Plan birth, documents and problems

Address hospital coordination, birth-registration evidence, intended-parent travel, newborn care, confidentiality, document custody and postpartum support. Include a staged dispute route and governing-law analysis. Foreign intended parents also need advice on whether and how the agreement is treated at home.

The agreement should make difficult conversations easier

A useful agreement records the parties, the treatment plan, expenses and compensation, communication, privacy, insurance, pregnancy support, medical contingencies, birth, postpartum care and document cooperation in language each person understands. It should reflect the actual clinic and country plan rather than a generic form. Separate advice allows the surrogate and intended parents to understand where their interests align and where the law or consent boundaries limit what can be promised.

The document cannot guarantee implantation, pregnancy, a particular delivery, citizenship or a departure date. It also cannot transfer the surrogate’s right to consent to medical care. Its value is that it reduces avoidable ambiguity and provides a route for decisions, funding and communication when the plan changes. Complete the advice and signing process before medication or embryo transfer creates pressure to accept unfinished terms.