- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
A friend of mines daughter is pregnant, she does not want the baby. She has told us in the past that she would carry for us but, we are both infertile. So basically she is saying she will carry this baby for us, like a surrogacy except it won't involve either of our DNA, which is the way is would be anyway because we are both infertile. Point is I was told we could just sign the birth certificate and it would be like surrogacy and no adoption would need to take place, we would sign a notarized document stating she was carrying a child for us. Is this true? If not, can we still sign the birth certificate, and do we actually have to go through with an adoption, or can she just sign over parental rights, with an agreement that we would not want child support from her or the biological father? Would that still need to go through an adoption lawyer or just the court system? And if it does HAVE to be an adoption, since she is just wanting to give us the baby, do we still have to go through all the family interviews, home inspections, so on and so forth, that Ohio makes you go through when adopting?