Russian Constitutional Court Leaves Child with Surrogate Mother

Russian Constitutional Court refused to consider the petition of the biological parents of a child who was kept by the surrogate mother. A woman agreed to be a surrogate mother but after a conflict with the parents withdrew her agreement and with her former husband registered the newborn boy as their child. The parents sued, but a court found that the surrogate mother acted lawfully under current family legislation. The Constitutional Court refused to review that legislation for constitutionality. Two Constitutional Court judges dissented.

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