International surrogacy and parenthood in New Zealand: crossing geographical, legal and biological borders
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surrogacy, New Zealand, family law, parents, children, genetic links
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International surrogacy and parenthood in New Zealand: crossing geographical, legal and biological borders
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Jul 27, 2017, 00:30 AM
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Rhonda Powell
The full version of this article will appear in Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol 29, No 2. Find out more or request a free 1-week trial of Child and Family Law Quarterly. Please quote: 100482.
Surrogacy is an increasingly common form of family formation. In New Zealand legal regulation of surrogacy has not kept pace with practice. Introduced by two Thai–New Zealand commercial surrogacy cases, this article discusses some of the considerations that should be taken into account in any reconsideration of New Zealand surrogacy laws. One case demonstrates the legal pathway walked by New Zealand intended parents when things go as planned. The other case demonstrates how badly surrogacy arrangements can go wrong.
Together, the cases highlight legal and policy issues that need greater exploration: misalignment between immigration policy and family law; the inappropriateness of the intercountry adoption rules for regulating international surrogacy; the ambiguous role that genetic links play in the legal process; and the incongruence between familial relationships in fact and parental status laws. There is a need for New Zealand to develop a deliberate and coherent response to surrogacy that addresses these issues.
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