What is the Legal Process for an Egg Donor?
Usually a successful egg donor arrangement simply involves the drafting of an egg donor contract. Under Virginia law, the woman that carries and delivers the child is presumed to be the mother of the child and, absent a court order or amendment procedure, it is the carrying mother’s name that will be placed on the birth certificate. Accordingly, under the usual egg donor arrangement (where the donated eggs are placed into the intended mother) no amendment to the birth certificate generally is necessary.
