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SURROGACY IN MICHIGAN

By CPG

Is it legal to be a surrogate mother in Michigan?

Nope, the contract in fact is unenforceable as it is against public policy.

Also it is a Crime to participate in this kind of arrangement.

MCL 722.857 Surrogate parentage contract prohibited; surrogate parentage contract as felony; penalty.

Sec. 7.
(1) A person shall not enter into, induce, arrange, procure, or otherwise assist in the formation of a surrogate parentage contract under which an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being mentally retarded or as having a mental illness or developmental disability is the surrogate mother or surrogate carrier.
(2) A person other than an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being mentally retarded or as having a mental illness or developmental disability who enters into, induces, arranges, procures, or otherwise assists in the formation of a contract described in subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

Michigan is one of the states with a strict view against surrogacy.

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Full post as published by MICHLAW on December 21, 2006 (boomark / email).