Victoria Gelfand law offices is Israel's oldest law firm in the field of foreign surrogacy, which helps couples and singles with their surrogacy journeys from the “get-go” and until they return home with their babies.

“Victoria family” has over 550 children born worldwide (mostly in the US) to more than 350 families, through our relationships with leading lawyers, agencies and clinics ...

Victoria Gelfand law offices is Israel's oldest law firm in the field of foreign surrogacy, which helps couples and singles with their surrogacy journeys from the “get-go” and until they return home with their babies.

“Victoria family” has over 550 children born worldwide (mostly in the US) to more than 350 families, through our relationships with leading lawyers, agencies and clinics – and each of them means a whole world to us. Simply said, our goal is to make your journey to a child clearer, safer and best suited to your specific needs.

As they meet the top standards of the industry and due to their broad network with prominent attorneys in dozens of States, they became the only law firm outside North America which is a member of all major professional groups and societies in the field: the American Bar Association, the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surr...

As they meet the top standards of the industry and due to their broad network with prominent attorneys in dozens of States, they became the only law firm outside North America which is a member of all major professional groups and societies in the field: the American Bar Association, the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy).
Together with our extensive and diverse experience in the legal world and beyond, it allows us to provide our clients – the Israeli intended parents – with individually suited support throughout the process. Even after having assisted in over 400 surrogacy procedures worldwide, accomplished parentage recognition of over 550 children and executed many hundreds of prenuptial and co-parenting agreements since 2004, we continue to see each of our clients as part of “Victoria family”.

Victoria Gelfand and the attorneys working with her – Daphna Cohen Stow and Bat-Chen Greenblatt – have successfully led the vast majority of legal achievements related to foreign surrogacy for Israeli intended parents:
- Parental leave for fathers via surrogacy (either genetic or second-parent)
- Determination of paternity before the child's birth
- Retroactive acknowledgment of second parent parentage
- Waiver of the State’s requirement of a home study in parentage proceedings
- Eligibility for reimbursement by the Social Security Institution of hospital costs for surrogacy births abroad
- Recognition of maternity of a non-genetic mother via surrogacy
- Recognition of a transgender woman’s maternity via surrogacy