Surrogacy
We provide comprehensive legal advice to potential surrogates and intended parents, as well as those already part of a surrogacy team. The Family Village was established to offer a supportive environment where both legal and personal questions about surrogacy can be addressed with care and expertise at every stage of the journey. Our services cover all aspects of domestic and international surrogacy arrangements.
ALRC Review of Australian Surrogacy Laws – Katie’s Submissions to the ALRC
Introduction I commend the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) for undertaking this review into Australia’s surrogacy laws. This area of law has been significantly outpaced by reproductive technologies and increasingly divergent from the lived realities of Australian families. As a legal professional with 18 years’ experience in commercial litigation, now practising in surrogacy and family creation law through my practice The Family Village, I provide this submission to assist the Commission in developing an inclusive, ethically robust, and practically workable legal framework. This submission is informed by both professional experience and personal insight. As an intended parent and mother to three children—one of whom was born through a gestational surrogacy arrangement—it reflects a deeply lived understanding of the legal, medical, and emotional terrain that intended parents and surrogates must currently navigate. Response to Question 1 – Experiences with Surrogacy My … Read more
