What Intended Parents Should Check in an Egg Donor Agreement

Identify the parties and complete document set

Confirm whether the donor is known or anonymous within the proposed model, which legal entity recruits or coordinates, which clinic provides medical care, who contracts with the intended parents, and who stores gametes or embryos. Use consistent identifiers while avoiding unnecessary disclosure of protected personal information. Ask which agreement governs if the agency, clinic and donor documents conflict.

Review material promises against evidence. Compensation or expenses, screening arrangements, attendance obligations, medication and retrieval responsibilities, cancellation, records, future contact and liability may be divided across documents. A provider’s summary should not be treated as the complete agreement, and a clinical consent should not be assumed to resolve all commercial or future-use questions.

Check consent and permitted use

Consent should be informed, current and tied to the proposed procedure and use. Ask who explains medical risks and alternatives to the donor, how capacity and voluntary agreement are documented, when consent may be changed or withdrawn under applicable law and clinical practice, and how a change affects the intended parents’ contract and payments. Medical professionals—not the intended parents’ lawyer—must address clinical risks and suitability.

Define the intended use without overclaiming control that the law or clinic does not recognise. Relevant questions can include use by named recipients, fertilisation method, creation and storage of embryos, repeat attempts, future treatment, transport to another clinic or country, donation to another person, research, disposal and instructions after separation, incapacity or death. The lawful options and required consent must be verified for the actual jurisdiction and provider.

Define records, confidentiality and necessary disclosure

Ask what non-identifying and identifying information is collected, verified, retained and lawfully shared. Medical history, screening and genetic information may be material to clinical care while remaining special-category personal data. The intended parents should not assume a right to the donor’s complete medical file. The lawful basis, purpose, recipient and safeguards should be documented.

Confidentiality clauses should address provider access, necessary treatment disclosure, legally required disclosure, security, later medical updates and any agreed contact pathway. Avoid absolute promises of lifelong anonymity that may conflict with law, genetic testing realities, future medical need or a court or authority request. Explain the limits accurately without making an unsupported prediction about future identity access.

Plan storage and future decisions

Identify where gametes and any resulting embryos will be stored, who signs the storage agreement, who pays recurring charges, what instructions the facility recognises and what happens if contact is lost or fees are unpaid. Align donor consent with the intended parents’ and clinic’s future-use records; inconsistent forms can create delay or dispute when material is moved or used later.

Address foreseeable changes: a treatment cycle does not proceed, the donor cannot complete retrieval, fewer eggs are obtained than expected, embryos remain after treatment, the intended parents separate, one person dies or loses capacity, the clinic closes, or international transport is proposed. The agreement should allocate notices, records and financial consequences without guaranteeing retrieval numbers, embryo creation, pregnancy or a future authority decision.

• Confirm the point at which each payment becomes earned or non-refundable.
• Distinguish donor expenses from provider fees and clinical costs.
• Preserve signed consent and instruction versions with dates.
• Do not promise future contact or anonymity beyond verified legal limits.
• Re-review consent before new use, recipient, clinic or country.

Official sources and legal limits

The following primary sources informed this guide. Official English translations and service pages are useful orientation, but current Georgian text, implementing rules, authority practice and the particular facts should be checked before individual advice is given.