The first precedent regarding gestational surrogacy in New Jersey. The court held that In the Matter of Baby M holding applies to gestational surrogacy contracts as well.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division, which held that absent adoption, the New Jersey Parentage Act does not recognize an infertile wife as the legal mother of her husband's biological child born to a gestational carrier.
New Jersey Practice Series > Family Law and Practice > Chapter 54. Issues Relating to Human Reproduction > § 54.8. Legal issues as to surrogate parenting agreements illustrated by the “Baby M” case
New Jersey Practice Series > Family Law and Practice > Chapter 54. Issues Relating to Human Reproduction > § 54.9. Potential regulation of surrogacy based on a legislative model
New Jersey Practice Series > Family Law and Practice > Chapter 54. Issues Relating to Human Reproduction > § 54.10. Legal status of birth mother who is not genetically related to child