Foreign Parentage Recognition Timeline.

The 2026 consultation on the 1935 birth registration law confirmed that only one mother can be registered.

In ruling 7919/2026 the Court of Cassation upheld partial transcription, naming only the father, of a foreign birth certificate after surrogacy by a father and an intended mother.

Family Code framework.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The 2025 Code limits joint adoption to two spouses married under article 220-1.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

Chapter 5 c of the Children Act lets the Family Court House fix parentage after a foreign surrogacy agreement.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

Grenada has enacted no fertility treatment or surrogacy statute; this is the family law in force on which the position rests.

The Oireachtas Health Committee recommended recognising second parents in international donor-assisted reproduction and surrogacy.

From 24 November 2025 the spouse or civil partner of a birth mother who consented to treatment became the other parent.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

From 1 January 2025 article 43a applied the spousal and child rules to same-sex spouses.

The Constitutional Court ruled on partnerships in 2025, but no law yet gives a same-sex partner parental status.

The Justice Minister confirmed in March 2025 that automatic recognition of same-sex parents was still being prepared.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

Constitutional Act 255/2025 defined parents as a woman mother and a man father.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

Suriname has enacted no fertility treatment or surrogacy statute; this is the family law in force on which the position rests.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

The 2025 guideline confines medically assisted reproduction to married couples and prohibits surrogacy.

The Marriage Equality Act opened marriage and adoption to couples of any sex but kept parentage defined by a father who is a man and a mother who is a woman.

The DGSJFP instruction of 28 April 2025 ended registration of surrogacy filiation from foreign records and judgments.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

Decree No. 207/2025/NĐ-CP frames parentage after assisted reproduction around married couples and single women.

From 1 April 2025 the Family Law Regulations 2024 prescribe overseas jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose birth or parentage registers give a presumption of parentage under section 69R.

Aruba has enacted no fertility treatment or surrogacy statute; this is the family law in force on which the position rests.

ILGA-Europe reported in 2024 that local administrations register surrogacy-born children differently.

The Kardzhali Administrative Court ordered a birth certificate naming two mothers, citing the CJEU Pancharevo ruling.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

The marriage equality amendments, in force 1 January 2024, opened joint adoption and a consent route for a female spouse.

ILGA-Europe reported in 2024 that local administrations register surrogacy-born children differently.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Constitution limits marriage, and so joint adoption, to a man and a woman.

The Law on the Protection of Family Values and Minors took effect 60 days after promulgation in October 2024.

Law 5089/2024 required recognition and registration of foreign parentage regardless of the parents' sex.

The ordinance put co-motherhood rules into force for Greenland and extended recognition of Nordic parentage decisions to co-mothers.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

Adoption framework.

The partnership law in force from 1 July 2024 gave partners no parental status.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

Law 14/2023 confirmed that the woman who carries a pregnancy is the mother.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

Adoption framework.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Law, in force on publication on 30 July 2024, replaced Law No. 32/2016 and recognises only marriage between a man and a woman.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

From 1 January 2024 section 144(2) of the Civil Code made the mother's wife or registered partner the other parent whether or not conception was medically assisted.

The Court of Cassation set when a foreign surrogacy judgment naming two fathers can be enforced.

ILGA-Europe reported in 2024 that local administrations register surrogacy-born children differently.

Provimento 149/2023 compiled the national registry rules, including registration of children of same-sex couples.

Provimento 149/2023 compiled the national registry rules, including registration of children of same-sex couples.