Surrogacy Issues

As a guardian ad litem (GAL) and domestic relations mediator in New Mexico, I take special interest in unusual court cases involving children and parental rights issues.  In the March issue of the ABA Journal, Mark Hansen writes about a Minnesota surrogacy case, in which a male homosexual couple made "do it yourself" (DYI) arrangements through a surrogacy website.  The surrogate was implanted with her own egg, which had been fertilized by the sperm of one of the men.  Although she relinquished her parental rights en route, she changed her mind shortly after birth, giving rise to several years of litigation.