Surrogacy Arrangement Record

Detects surrogacy arrangement records including parentage orders, surrogacy agreements, birth mother medical records, and intended parent assessments under the Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld). These records contain deeply personal information about reproductive choices, medical procedures, and legal parentage transfers — disclosure can cause severe emotional distress and breach court-sealed parentage orders.

Type

keyword_proximity

Engine

universal

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: enforcement requires populated party fields; court and agency file numbers are unpublished, so the reference is a documented label-anchored fallback.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), Status of Children Act 1978 (Qld), Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

health, government

Scope

wide

Risk rating

8

Pattern

(?i)\b(surrogacy\s+(?:arrangement|agreement)|parentage\s+order|gestational\s+(?:carrier|surrogacy)|birth\s+mother\s+(?:consent|medical|identity)|intended\s+parent[s]?\s+(?:assessment|application)|surrogacy\s+(?:counselling|guidance)\s+(?:report|certificate))\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

PROTECTED, Privacy, surrogacy arrangement, parentage order, birth mother, intended parents, gestational carrier, surrogacy agreement, Surrogacy Act 2010, counselling certificate, medical practitioner, independent legal advice, birth certificate, District Court, IVF, embryo transfer, surrogacy counsellor, consent, patient, clinical (+56 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• PROTECTED Privacy. Surrogacy Arrangement Record — Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld) Part 3. Birth mother: Michelle Anne TAYLOR, DOB 14/06/1990. Intended parents: Daniel and Sophie HARTLEY. Surrogacy agreement executed 12/09/2025 with independent legal advice confirmed for all parties. Surrogacy counselling report (s.22) completed by registered psychologist Dr Emma Liu. Gestational surrogacy — embryo transfer conducted at Queensland Fertility Group on 03/11/2025. Medical practitioner confirmation: Dr James Park. Parentage order to be applied for within 28 days of birth. — Surrogacy arrangement record with party identifiers and legal compliance details (reaches 85)
• District Court of Queensland — Parentage Order Application. File No: 2026/00189. Application under s.39 Surrogacy Act 2010 for transfer of parentage. Birth mother: Kelly Susan MORRISON. Child: male infant, DOB 22/02/2026, born at Mater Mothers Hospital Brisbane. Intended parents: Andrew and Yuki WATANABE. Surrogacy counselling certificates attached for all parties. Birth mother consent to parentage order confirmed. Medical records confirm gestational surrogacy with no genetic relationship between birth mother and child. — Parentage order application with birth details and medical confirmation (reaches 85)
• Confidential — Surrogacy Guidance Report. Prepared for: intended parents Marcus and Lauren BROWN. Surrogacy counsellor: Dr Patricia Feng, MAPS. This report is prepared under s.22 of the Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld). Assessment confirms that both intended parents understand the legal, medical, and emotional implications of the surrogacy arrangement. The proposed birth mother, Angela SMITH, has undergone independent counselling. Independent legal advice certificates obtained from separate law firms. IVF treatment plan to commence following all statutory requirements being met. — Surrogacy counselling guidance report with intended parent and birth mother details (reaches 75)
• Surrogacy arrangement — parentage order application Birth mother: Avery Teston Intended parents: Jordan and Riley Staffson File number: 2026/00412 Counselling certificate and independent legal advice obtained for all parties; embryo transfer completed. — Populated surrogacy record: birth mother, intended parents and file number plus counselling / legal-advice evidence (reaches 85)

Should not match

• The Queensland Law Reform Commission published a report on the effectiveness of the Surrogacy Act 2010. The report recommends legislative amendments to improve access to altruistic surrogacy and strengthen protections for all parties. — Published law reform report on surrogacy legislation
• The Australian Government Department of Health published a fact sheet explaining the difference between altruistic and commercial surrogacy. The fact sheet outlines the legal frameworks across Australian states and territories. — Government fact sheet on surrogacy law with no personal details
• A Melbourne fertility clinic advertised its surrogacy support program on its website, highlighting success rates and patient testimonials. All testimonials were published with informed consent and used first names only. — Fertility clinic marketing with consented testimonials
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about Surrogacy Arrangement are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)
• Parentage order application Birth mother: __________ Intended parents: __________ File number: __________ — Blank form / template with unfilled fields (must stay below 75)
• News: the law reform commission recommended changes to how a parentage order is made after an altruistic surrogacy arrangement. — News or training text naming the topic (must stay below 75)

Known false positives

• Published law reform reports and policy discussions about surrogacy legislation Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'law reform', 'legislative amendment', 'policy discussion', 'public submission', 'parliamentary inquiry'. Require proximity to actual party identifiers or case references.
• Government fact sheets and public information about surrogacy legal frameworks Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'fact sheet', 'public information', 'frequently asked questions', 'eligibility criteria'
• Fertility clinic marketing and general surrogacy program information Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'advertisement', 'marketing', 'success rates', 'testimonial', 'published with consent'
• Academic research on surrogacy outcomes using de-identified data Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'research', 'study', 'de-identified', 'anonymised', 'participants', 'journal'

References

• Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld)