A.H.W. v. G.H.B.

KOBLITZ, P.J.F.P.

The novel issue presented in this surrogacy matter is whether or not a court may issue a pre-birth order directing a delivering physician to list the man and woman who provided the embryo carried by a third party as legal parents on a child’s birth certificate. Both the petitioning biological parents and the defendant surrogate who carried the baby agree that petitioners should be listed as the legal parents on the baby’s birth certificate. However, the Attorney General’s Office opposes the request of the biological parents for a pre-birth order claiming the • relief is…