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		<title>Conclusion &#8211; 10 Things You Must Know To Ensure a Successful Pregnancy With A Gestational Surrogate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missed Part 1 or Part 2? 7. THE GESTATIONAL SURROGATE HAS BABYSITTING HELP AVAILABLE. This seems so easy, yet it has been a big stumbling block. The Surrogate should have a sitter and a back-up plan. Many physicians will not allow children in their waiting room, so there needs to be someone who can watch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=142&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2 &#8211; 10 Things You Must Know To Ensure a Successful Pregnancy With A Gestational Surrogate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you miss Part 1? 4. THE GESTATIONAL SURROGATE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONTACT YOU WILL SHARE DURING THE PREGNANCY. Do lay your expectations out so you and your surrogate can come to agreement. The surrogacies which have gone sideways most often do so because of unmet expectations. Will you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=140&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1 &#8211; 10 Things You Must Know To Ensure a Successful Pregnancy With A Gestational Surrogate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a rainy day, I sometimes rifle through our in-house archives for some timeless pieces on family formation. So starting today, Family Formation Law is bringing you a series of pieces on growing your family. 1. THE GESTATIONAL SURROGATE REALLY CARES ABOUT CHILDREN AND ENJOYS BEING PREGNANT. The motivation of the gestational surrogate makes a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=138&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Fraud &#8211; How Can You Protect Yourself?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what should be an uncommon turn of events, and yet isn&#8217;t, a young woman was charged in Indiana yesterday with running an adoption scam, accepting money from multiple families and adoption agencies with no intention to place the child for adoption at all. This most recent arrest comes only a few weeks after another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=135&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India &#8211; Booming Business in Assisted Reproduction&#8230;But Is it Ethical?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we posted a little about how India is becoming a major destination for reproductive tourism in the form of gestational surrogacy. Today, we&#8217;re discussing some of the ethical ramifications associated with choosing a surrogate in India. These issues aren&#8217;t new &#8211; commercial surrogacy has been legal in India since 2002. It is typically associated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=127&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surrogacy Abroad &#8211; The Latest Wave?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is rapidly becoming a major player in the surrogacy business, for better or for worse. Many developed nations have outlawed commercial surrogacy as immoral, or they prohibit it for certain groups (homosexuals or single people). Therefore, individuals and couples seeking to grow their families through surrogacy are often forced to look elsewhere. India is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=124&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State Legislature Considering Gestational Surrogacy Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington State currently has a ban on paid gestational surrogacy arrangements. But that may change very soon. According to the Seattle Times, a bill has passed the State House, 59-39, allowing women to be paid to serve as gestational surrogates. If it becomes law, the bill debated last Monday would set up a detailed system [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=105&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Assembly Member Introduce Bill to Regulate Surrogacy Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 19, 2010, Assembly Member Bradford introduced a bill into the California legislature designed to regulate the practice of so called &#8220;surrogacy practitioners,&#8221; AB 2426. You can track its status here. Surrogacy practitioners, as defined by the bill, are persons or organizations that engage in either (1) advertising for the purpose of soliciting parties [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=113&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Adoption Work for You and Your Child?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can assist you in making this decision by providing an assessment of your situation. You can talk to our attorneys who are trained to listen well, so we can explore legal issues as well as the psychological and social aspects of your situation. Our goal is to gather an understanding of your circumstances while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=111&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Father&#8217;s Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most complicated areas of adoption law is the legal rights of birth fathers. Each state has its own laws, and often the laws conflict with each other. This conflict has been alleviated to some degree by the implementation of all of some of the Uniform Parentage Act by all 50 states. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationlaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10243343&amp;post=109&amp;subd=familyformationlaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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