What Florida law covers
Florida Statutes §§ 742.15–742.16 address gestational-surrogacy agreements and the legal relationship between the gestational carrier and commissioning couple. The statute uses defined eligibility conditions and requires the agreement to address specified responsibilities and rights.
Compensation and expenses
Florida law distinguishes between prohibited payment for consent and permitted payment of reasonable living, legal, medical, psychological and psychiatric expenses connected with the pregnancy and agreement. The exact compensation structure should be reviewed by Florida reproductive counsel.
Medical decision-making
The gestational carrier remains the patient and retains control over her own medical care. A contract should not be read as transferring medical consent to the intended parents.
Parentage procedure
Parentage and vital-record procedures depend on the statutory pathway, timing and facts of the case. Do not assume that a pre-birth order or a particular birth-certificate result is automatic merely because a gestational agreement exists.
What this means for a surrogate
Before signing an agreement or beginning treatment, confirm with independent Florida reproductive counsel whether the proposed arrangement fits the applicable statutes, how compensation and expenses are structured, and what parentage procedure is expected.