CA AB1217

Requires surrogate mothers and intended parents to be represented by separate independent licensed attorneys before executing assisted reproduction agreements for gestational carriers.

Specifies required content for assisted reproduction agreements including execution date, gamete sources, and identity of intended parent(s), with signatures notarized or witnessed.

Prohibits parties from undergoing embryo transfer procedures or starting injectable medication until the agreement is fully executed in compliance with these provisions.

Allows actions to establish parent-child relationships to be filed before the child's birth in the county where the child will be born, where intended parents reside, where the surrogate resides, where the agreement is executed, or where medical procedures occur.

Provides that properly executed agreements are presumptively valid and rebut presumptions that the gestational carrier or her spouse/partner is a parent, with court issuance of judgments establishing intended parent(s) as legal parents.