GroundRules
N.Y. Family Court Act § 581-603: Independent legal counsel
Where this section sits in the code
- Family Court Act
- Article 5-C. Judgments of Parentage of Children Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction or Pursuant to Surrogacy Agreements
- Part 6. Surrogates' Bill of Rights
§ 581-603. Independent legal counsel. A person acting as surrogate,
and the spouse of the person acting as surrogate, if applicable, has the
right to be represented from the initiation of the contractual process
and throughout the duration of the surrogacy agreement by independent
legal counsel of their own choosing who is licensed to practice law in
the state of New York, to be paid for by the intended parent or parents.
Collected 2026-09-14T19:32:44Z. Source file · JSON