Services
Advice before you commit, status while you wait, and the protection that does not depend on commencement.
Four Instructions
1. Advice Before Commitment
What a route means under Irish law, what will be recognised here, and which early decisions are difficult to unwind.
2. Agreements & Advice
For one side only, with the surrogate separately advised by her own solicitor. Never both sides.
3. Parentage & Status
Declarations of parentage, guardianship, birth registration — and parental orders once Part 12 commences.
4. Protection Meanwhile
Wills that deal with the gap explicitly, consents, authorities and documentation. None of it waits for the Act.
This is a legal practice and nothing else. No matching, no introductions, no recruitment, no advertising on anyone’s behalf, no clinic or agency recommendations, no referral fees taken or paid, and no part in arranging any payment beyond the firm’s own fees.
Where the Questions Arise
Surrogacy Law in Ireland
The hub: what applies today, what the Act will change, and the gap between them.
The 2024 Act & Commencement
What is in force, what is not, the AHRRA, and the amending Bill.
International Surrogacy
Two jurisdictions, two sets of lawyers, and what a foreign birth certificate does not achieve here.
Domestic Surrogacy
Altruistic only, unenforceable agreements, and why domestic arrangements are rare.
Parental Orders & Declarations
What exists now, and what Part 12 will provide when commenced.
Guardianship
The current route for the second parent - what it gives, and what it does not.
Citizenship, Passports & Travel
Documentation, emergency travel certificates, and the weeks abroad nobody plans for.
Birth Registration
Why the woman who gives birth is the legal mother here, whatever the paperwork says.
Agreements & Independent Advice
Not enforceable here, still worth doing properly, and never with one solicitor advising both sides.
Donor Conception & DAHR
Donor-conceived children, registers, parentage under the 2015 Act, and the remaining gaps.
Same-Sex Couples
Where the parentage gap bites hardest, and what can be secured now.
Wills & Inheritance
The succession consequences of the gap - and the planning that does not wait for commencement.
Two Free Tools
The Surrogacy Route Check is for people considering surrogacy: what each route means under Irish law as it stands, and what changes on commencement. The Legal Parentage Checker is for families whose child is already born: who is a legal parent today, what is available now, and what to put in place meanwhile. Both run entirely on your device — nothing is stored or sent.
Which Instruction Fits?
Whether the child is born, whether there is a genetic link, which country, and what documents exist. Those four answers shape everything - and the first conversation establishes where you actually stand.
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