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title: "Surrogacy Agreements"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/surrogacy-agreements-en"
field: "Civil Law"
description: "Surrogacy in Georgia is legal: permitted where the woman has no uterus, with written consent; the couple are the child's parents. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-11"
updated: "2026-11-08"
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# Surrogacy Agreements

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/surrogacy-agreements-en

## Surrogacy Agreements — the Legal Regime in Georgia

Georgia is one of the jurisdictions where artificial fertilization and surrogacy are directly permitted by the Law on Health Care. This page explains the legal foundations of surrogacy and donor fertilization on the basis of three provisions of that law: the conditions for fertilization with donor sperm, the rules on in vitro fertilization and the transfer of an embryo to a surrogate mother, and the question of parentage of the child born. Every conclusion below rests directly on the text of the law, so you will find what is genuinely regulated — and nothing invented on top of it.

The principle running through this entire regime is the following: upon the birth of the child, the parents are the couple or the single woman whose written consent underpinned the procedure — the donor and the surrogate mother have no right to be recognized as the parent of the born child. This rule is precisely the legal anchor that gives a surrogacy agreement its stability.

## Fertilization with Donor Sperm — for Whom and on What Conditions

Under the law, fertilization with donor sperm is permitted because of infertility, in the presence of a risk of transmission of a genetic disease from the husband, or for the fertilization of a single woman — provided the written consent of the infertile couple or the single woman has been obtained. The law thus distinguishes three situations: a couple's infertility, a genetic risk on the husband's side, and a single woman's wish, and in each case the written consent is decisive.

Parentage is settled just as clearly here: upon the birth of the child, the infertile couple or the single woman is considered the parents, with the resulting responsibility and authority. The donor has no right to be recognized as the father of the child born as a result of the fertilization — this norm protects the couple's family from any claims on the donor's side.

## In Vitro Fertilization and Surrogacy

In vitro fertilization is permitted for the treatment of infertility and in the presence of a risk of transmission of a genetic disease from the wife or the husband — using the sexual cells or embryo of the couple or of a donor, provided the couple's written consent has been obtained. The law here clearly reflects the donor-related variants: either the couple's own cells or embryo are used, or a donor's sexual cells — confirmed in written form of consent.

The special surrogacy norm is the following: where the woman has no uterus, the transfer of the embryo obtained as a result of fertilization into the uterus of another woman (a "surrogate mother") and its gestation are permitted; the couple's written consent is mandatory. The legal condition for using surrogacy is thus, under the law, the absence of the woman's uterus, and the procedure rests on the couple's written consent.

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### Is surrogacy legal in Georgia?

Yes — where the woman has no uterus, embryo transfer to a surrogate mother is permitted by law with the couple's written consent.

### Who are the child's parents?

The couple or single woman whose written consent supported the procedure; donors and surrogate mothers have no parental rights.

### Is donor fertilization available to a single woman?

Yes — in cases of infertility, genetic risk or a single woman's wish, with written consent.

### How long can embryos be preserved?

Use of frozen cells and embryos is permitted; the preservation period is set by the couple's wish, in the established manner.