Couple seek passport for daughter born via surrogacy

AN Irish husband and his EU citizen wife have brought a High Court challenge aimed at securing an Irish passport for their child who was born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement with a woman in the Ukraine.

The couple have brought the action on their baby daughter’s behalf because unless they can get her out of the Ukraine they fear she could end up in an orphanage.

None of the parties can be identified by order of the court. The court heard that the child, who was born earlier this year, has no right to remain in the Ukraine for more than 90 days, but is unable to leave that country. She has no travel documentation.