Welcome to the world, little one.
Now — let's take care of the legal bits.
For UK intended parents after international surrogacyThe UK Parental Order process without the stress.
File correctly and on time — without paying solicitor rates to decode paperwork. We walk you through every HMCTS form, build your court bundle, and answer your questions at 3am, so you can focus on your baby.
You have 6 months from birth to file for a Parental Order. Not a day more.
Doing this alone costs more than you think.
Time you don't have
You're a new parent. Every hour spent deciphering legal language is an hour you don't get back.
Stakes you can't get wrong
Miss the 6-month deadline and a Parental Order is no longer an option. Get a form wrong and the court returns the application — there's no informal correction process.
A process built for solicitors
The HMCTS forms assume legal literacy. The court bundle requires precise formatting, certified translations, and notarised documents — with no checklist provided.
Specialist solicitors charge £6,000–£12,000Structure that removes confusion. AI that removes the waiting. A tracker that removes the risk.
The scary number becomes a tracked one.
Your 6-month deadline, calculated from birth and visible on every page. Automated reminders at 60, 30, and 7 days — so the date works for you, not against you.
The full journey, start to finish.
Right now you only need to think about the first step. We surface each stage as it becomes relevant — so you always know where you are.
Prepare
pre-birthInstruct an in-country legal team, arrange travel & insurance, and keep a log of every payment — the court requires full financial disclosure.
Birth & Documents
weeks 0–10Baby born — the 6-month clock starts. Birth registration, DNA testing, the Exit Pack, and the surrogate's post-birth consent (C52 & A101A), valid only 6+ weeks after birth.
See the C52 & A101A forms in action ↓Return to UK
homewardTravel home and establish the child's habitual residence — GP and health-visitor records become your evidence.
Assemble Bundle
the buildComplete C51, finalise C52 & A101A, certified English translations, supporting evidence and financial disclosure — pulled together into one court-ready bundle.
See the e-Bundle Builder in action ↓File the application
£232 feeSubmit your bundle to the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) before the deadline. You're issued a case number and a hearing timetable.
CAFCASS assessment
court-appointedA Parental Order Reporter visits your home, confirms consent was freely given and the order is in the child's welfare, then reports to the court.
Final hearing
the orderThe judge reviews the report and makes your Parental Order — you become your child's legal parents, for life.
Post-Order
completeRe-register the birth with the GRO, obtain a UK birth certificate, and apply for a British passport. Done.
ⓘSimplified timeline, for illustration. The real journey includes more steps, detail and key dates, and can vary with your individual circumstances.
Form C51, decoded.
Every question on C51, C52 and A101A, annotated in plain English — calibrated for international surrogacy.
Your application to become your child's legal parents — one plain question at a time.
This sets your six-month filing deadline — we track every day from here.
At least one of you must be — usually your permanent home, not where your baby was born.
Your surrogate's consent (C52 & A101A) is only valid 6 weeks after birth — we won't let you file early.
Each numbered field on the left maps to one calm, guided question on the right — expand any to see plain-English help, or ask if you're still unsure.
Questions at 11pm, answered in seconds.
State-of-the-art AI, calibrated for the Parental Order process. It knows which form and field you're asking about and gives context-specific answers — not a generic chatbot.
"Does the surrogate need to be present at the final hearing?"
When it needs a human, a human answers.
For anything that needs experience, the SOL team replies within 1–2 business days. A direct line, not a forum — drawn from guiding many intended parents through this exact journey.
A blank page becomes a court-ready bundle.
A Parental Order court bundle is a sectioned witness statement, exhibits, a s.54 compliance checklist, certified translations and more. The e-Bundle Builder turns it into a guided, section-by-section draft — in your own voice.
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Preserves every fact, date, name and your own voice — expands your notes to meet the guidance. ≈5 drafts/hour · Undo always available.
Seed a section prefilled from your profile — never a blank box.
One click turns your profile data + guidance into a first draft.
Expands your notes into a full draft — your facts, your voice.
Readiness check, then a formatted .docx ready for your solicitor.
Everything else, in one calm place.
In-country guides
Local steps, documents, notaries, certified translators, and a directory of providers. Colombia at launch, more to come.
s.54 compliance checklist
Every statutory requirement under s.54 HFEA 2008, with guidance on each condition.
End-to-end structure
The full process mapped from birth to sealed order — staged, linked, and always showing where you are.
Your inbox
All your questions and the team's answers in one thread — nothing lost, nothing scattered.
A fraction of solicitor fees.
Full access, billed monthly. Cancel any time. Ideal if your journey is short.
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