Surrogacy Insights

As of December 2025, surrogacy remains legal in Georgia and is governed by laws that have been in place since the late 1990s.  Georgian law permits gestational surrogacy and clearly recognizes the intended parents as the child’s legal parents at birth. 

Surrogacy agreements are legally enforceable, the surrogate has no parental rights after delivery, and the intended parents’ names appear on the original birth certificate.  This provides a high level of legal certainty compared to many other surrogacy destinations.

Surrogacy in Georgia is authorized under Article 143, Section B of the Law of Georgia “On Health Care” and has been widely used since the early 2000s, particularly by international intended parents.  In fact, the vast majority of surrogacy arrangements in Georgia involve foreign families. In more recent years, however, the government has introduced restrictions limiting surrogacy to heterosexual married couples or couples who have cohabited for at least one year, with the requirement that at least one intended parent have a genetic connection to the child.

Compensated surrogacy is permitted, and a formal written agreement is required.  While a child born through surrogacy does not automatically acquire Georgian citizenship, citizenship is typically derived from the intended parents’ home country, with Georgian citizenship available if no other nationality applies. 

Costs generally range from approximately $60,000 to $80,000, including IVF, with surrogates typically receiving around $20,000, paid in stages throughout the pregnancy, with a significant portion paid after birth.