I conceived using a donor egg at a licensed fertility clinic Did you use a surrogate? See the surrogacy card Are you married or in a civil partnership? Did your spouse/civil partner consent to the treatment? Has anyone else (yourself excluded) signed the clinic’s parental election form nominating themselves to be the second legal parent? You and your spouse/civil partner are the legal parents. You and that nominated second parent are the legal parents. The second only automatically have parental responsibility if they are named on the birth certificate. Have you signed the clinic’s parental election form nominating someone else as the second legal parent? You are the legal morhter. That nominated person will be the second legal parent of the child, if named on the birth certificate. You are the sole legal parent.

Is your surrogate married or in a civil partnership? We used a surrogate Is your surrogate married or in a civil partnership? The surrogate and their husband /civil partner are the legal parents of the child. You will both need to apply for a parental order within six months of the child’s birth, and you will need to do so jointly as parental orders are currently only available to couples (married, civil partnered or otherwise). Did the surrogate’s husband/civil partner consent? Did one of you provide the sperm that created the embryo? They and the surrogate are the legal parents of the child. You will both need to apply for a parental order within six months of the child’s birth, and you will need to do so jointly (even though one of you is already a legal parent) as parental orders are currently only available to couples (married, civil partnered or otherwise). The surrogate is the sole legal parent of the child.

We conceived using donor sperm (known or unknown) We have a co-parenting arrangement Did you conceive with the assistance of a licensed fertility clinic? Is the birth mother married or in a civil partnership? The birth mother and their spouse/civil partner are the legal parents. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways. Has anyone (excluding the birth mother) signed the clinic’s parental election form nominating anyone to be the second legal parent? That nominated second parent is the second legal parent. They only automatically have parental responsibility if they are named on the birth certificate. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways. Has the birth mother signed the clinic’s parental election form nominating one of the intended co-parents as the second legal parent? That nominated second parent will be the legal parent of the child, if named on the birth certificate. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways. The birth mother is the sole legal parent. One other party could apply for an adoption order. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways. Did you conceive through natural insemination (i.e. sexual intercourse)? The birth mother and the person who provided the sperm are the legal parents. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways The birth mother and the person who provided the sperm are the legal parents. Other parties can obtain parental responsibility in other ways. Did the birth mother’s spouse/civil partner consent to the treatment?