CERTIFIED TRANSLATION OF SURROGATE SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND PAPERWORK INTO GERMAN

Issues can arise in a gestational surrogacy agreement when the parties do not speak the same language. Although the general state of laws concerning gestational surrogacy agreements is still evolving, many states are codifying the process and procedures for creating a legal gestational surrogacy agreement. For example, Illinois' Gestational Surrogacy Act (750 ILCS 47) provides specific steps that must be satisfied to create a BINDING gestational surrogacy agreement. When issues arise due to the fact that the parties to a surrogacy agreement do not speak the same language, one must remember that the law of contracts is the guiding principle for a gestational surrogacy agreement. In order for a contract to be valid, both parties must agree to the terms. Of course, this is not possible when one party does not speak the language well enough to understand the agreement's terms. Therefore, many legal experts advise their clients to obtain a foreign language translation of all the contract terms.