Legal Opinion
In re Baby Girl L. J.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 31, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
C. Raymond Radigan, J.
This is a private placement adoption in which the adoptive *973child was born to a surrogate mother who was artificially inseminated, the donor being the adopting father. The attorney representing the adoptive parents prepared what is commonly known as a "Surrogate Parenting Agreement”. Under the terms of that agreement, the surrogate mother is to receive $10,000 for bearing the child.
The court first had to be concerned with the validity of the adoption proceeding under the circumstances presented, to wit: an agreement entered into prior to conception of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- In re Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- In re the Estate of PottsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
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