대리모계약의 유효성에 관한 연구

Abstract

Today the development of bio-engineering, particularly with the development of artificial insemination makes it available for infertile couples to make the gestational surrogacy contracts with the prospective surrogate mother. It is obvious fact that there is actually surrogacy contracts in our society. Surrogate Mothers are used when women who wish for a child, but cannot be pregnant through both inner and outer insemination methods. But the surrogate mother contract appears and the problems (the status of the child resulting from this contract, the legitimate mother, the possibility of termination, etc.) which forecast it cannot entirely before are proposed. The problem of many law will be able to occur. But there is no legislation in Korea with regard to this contract, whether it is valid or invalid It indicates that there are limitations on solving these problems through current statutes. Each nations are taking the position which differs each other in about permission and prohibition of surrogate mother system. However the surrogate mother occurs from all countries, the nation which permits a surrogate mother contract or the nation which forbids a surrogate mother contract. This Article show that the problem surrounding the validity of surrogacy contracts is necessary to provide by Law. However we have reached to the end finding surrogate mother must be allowed. Because, looking at the effective side, prohibiting surrogate mother does not mean usage of illegal surrogate mother would be disappeared forever. Therefore we must refer to international perspectives on the foreign legislation in order to provide with some guideline for Korea legislation regulating the surrogacy contracts. Through international perspectives, we have to establish a law for the effect of this contracts and the requirement for validating the surrogacy contracts. In order to prevent legal disputes over the decision of mother‐child relationship in case of childbirth through gestational surrogacy, it is necessary to provide by law that the client mother is the legitimate mother. The best interest of the child resulting from surrogacy should be the goal for legislation and surrogate mother for profit must be prohibited.