For married couples from Spain · Reviewed June 2026
Spain declares surrogacy contracts void and its registry will not simply copy a foreign birth certificate into Spanish records. Yet Spanish families return from programs abroad every year, because Spanish law itself preserves a route: the genetic father's paternity claim, followed by adoption. The difference between a smooth return and a stuck one is the quality of the expediente — the file — and the file is our craft.
Spanish couples usually arrive having read three alarming headlines. Here is what sits underneath each one:
When the Tribunal Supremo closes the transcription door, it names the open one in the same judgments: biological filiation for the genetic father, adoption for his spouse — resolved in the child's interest. That is not our reading; it is the court's. Our job is to deliver a file that makes those two steps administrative rather than adversarial.
An abogado experienced in international filiation reviews your case first — genetics, consulate, home registry office. One early hour prevents months later; we make the introduction and join the call.
Your child is born at the partner clinic, and the certificate issues in both your names under local statute — Ukraine's Article 123, Georgia's framework dating to 1997, or Armenia's equivalent. Apostille and sworn translation follow within days.
The father's biological filiation is documented — DNA evidence prepared as standard — and recognized through the consular or judicial channel your abogado selects. With filiation comes your child's Spanish nationality through the father.
The consulate issues your child's travel documentation once filiation and nationality are in order. Budget several weeks in the program country; the file we prepare during pregnancy is what keeps that number small.
At home, the mother — including the genetic mother — completes adoption of her spouse's child, the step Spanish practice assigns to her. The family court sees a complete, transparent expediente and a child already settled with both parents; these cases conclude as a known category, not an experiment.
All three put both your names on the birth certificate from day one and are familiar territory for Spanish consulates. The price does not change with the destination.
Prices in US dollars, paid in milestones. Full inclusions on the cost page; Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia compared on the programs page. The consultation — and the whole program — can run in Spanish.
Joining a lawful program abroad is not an offense for Spanish intended parents — Article 10 voids the contract domestically but criminalises nothing on your side. Spanish criminal law concerns itself with falsified civil status and trafficking, which is why our process runs on authentic documents and transparent payments from the first day: the file you bring home invites no such questions.
The registry refuses direct transcription without a foreign judgment — true, and for Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia there is no judgment to present. The viable route is the one the Supreme Court itself articulates: the genetic father's paternity claim, preserved expressly by Article 10.3, then adoption by his spouse. Hundreds of Spanish families have walked it; what varies is how prepared their file was.
Plan in weeks, not days: the local certificate issues quickly, and the balance is apostille, sworn translation, the paternity and nationality file, and the consular travel document. Because we build the expediente during the pregnancy, Spanish couples typically travel home within the same window as our other EU clients.
Formally, Spanish law recognizes her through the adoption, not before — we will not soften that. Practically, the child is home in Spain with both of you throughout, the father's filiation carries the family's legal needs, and the adoption file is lodged early rather than someday. Couples deserve that distinction stated clearly, and abogados confirm it in the first meeting.
Yes — consultation, contracts review, coordination and the weekly contact during pregnancy. Andrew, our founder, works with Spanish-speaking couples directly, and our document pipeline includes sworn Spanish translations as standard rather than as an extra.
We will map the paternity-and-adoption route against your medical picture and your registry office, then send a written summary for your abogado. Madrid evenings suit us well.
Novaparent is an agency registered in Ukraine and works exclusively with married heterosexual couples with a medical indication. More about us in the founder's letter.