Legal Checklist Before the Birth of a Child Through Surrogacy

Confirm delivery and registration responsibilities

Identify the hospital or expected delivery facility, medical contacts, intended parents’ arrival and communication arrangements, the person responsible for receiving the medical birth evidence, the authorised registration applicant, document collection and legal escalation. Keep healthcare decisions with the surrogate and treating professionals under applicable law and consent; the legal plan should not direct clinical care.

Check the current Georgian registration framework and procedure. The Civil Status Acts Law addresses compulsory birth registration and, in Article 30, registration after extracorporeal fertilisation under that Law, the Health Care Law and the relevant ministerial order. Confirm the participant facts, written consent record and authority requirements rather than applying a generic parent-recording summary.

Build the embassy or foreign-authority evidence pack

Refresh the official checklist close to birth and ask qualified destination-country counsel whether the anticipated facts still support the planned route. Record who may apply, attendance requirements, forms, photographs, original and certified documents, legal or clinical evidence, fees and appointment process. Separate a full passport from any emergency or limited travel document; neither should be assumed available.

If the authority may request additional evidence, identify a lawful route to obtain it. Genetic testing should only follow an accepted authority process if requested. A DNA result does not itself decide legal parentage or nationality. Consent and medical records should be requested from the correct holder with valid authority and special-category data safeguards.

Plan translations, apostille or legalization

Ask each receiving authority what form of Georgian document it accepts, whether a certified copy is allowed, what translation standard applies and whether apostille or legalization is required. Georgia’s official service information distinguishes apostille and legalization routes, but the receiving authority decides which one is suitable for the particular country and purpose. Certification does not establish substantive recognition.

Prepare a name and transliteration sheet based on identity documents and accepted destination-country practice. When the birth record issues, check it before translation. Correct a source error through the proper process instead of carrying it through multiple certified documents. Keep originals, copies, seals and translations linked and record every handover.

Prepare travel, recognition and contingency plans

Distinguish permission to travel from complete legal recognition. Ask what status the child and each intended parent have while any foreign court, registry, nationality or immigration process remains pending, and who can make necessary decisions. Identify post-arrival filings, deadlines and Georgian originals that must be retained after the first journey.

Build contingencies for earlier-than-expected delivery, a parent’s delayed arrival, the child or surrogate needing continued care, a correction, a closed authority, a request for more evidence or delayed issuance. Maintain lawful accommodation, insurance or financial and care planning with the relevant professionals. Counsel can coordinate legal options but cannot guarantee an authority’s response or a medical timetable.

• Use flexible travel arrangements where practical.
• Keep emergency medical contacts separate from legal escalation.
• Preserve authority requests and response deadlines.
• Maintain secure access to originals and certified copies.
• Update destination-country advice if facts or destination change.

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.