Legal and Parental Rights in Georgia
Understanding your legal status as a parent is essential when building your family through surrogacy or donor-assisted reproduction
Who is Considered the Legal Parent if the Child is Born via Surrogacy Using the Parents’ Biological Material?
Georgia offers a legal framework for surrogacy that simplifies the process of acquiring legal parentage for Intended Parents after the birth of a child.
Once the child is born:
- If the Civil Agency receives all the required documents within the timeframe established by law, it will issue the child’s birth certificate, listing the intended parents, within five working days. (please see Obtaining your child’s birth certificate)
- The intended parents are listed as the child’s only legal parents.
- The surrogate’s name does not appear on the birth certificate.
If one of the gametes used in the surrogacy process is from a donor:
- The same applies. The donor’s name does not appear on the birth certificate.
- Donor does not have legal parentage or obligations toward the child
The law does not recognise the legal parentage from the moment of conception; the legal parentage commences from the moment the parents are listed on the birth certificate
When You Use Donor Gametes in Your IVF Process without Surrogacy
If you are personally undergoing IVF and plan to carry the pregnancy yourself – as part of a couple or as a single woman – you are considered the sole legal parent. The donor has no parental rights or responsibilities and will not be listed on the birth certificate.
Summary
The surrogate and the donor have no parental status
On the child’s birth certificate, the intended parents are listed as the sole legal parents
International Recognition
While Georgia offers clear parental rights domestically, recognition in your home country may require additional steps.
We strongly recommend consulting with a legal advisor in your country to understand legal requirement of your country.
The child born as a result of surrogacy arrangement in Georgia cannot be departed from Georgia if the child’s birth certificate does not determine both legal parents of the child even if the child has a foreign passport.
! This information is provided for general guidance only and does not constitute legal advice.
Information is accurate as of March 1, 2026 and is updated periodically on our website.
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