The vast majority of Parental Order applications go through the Family Court without complications. However problems are most likely to arise where intended parents have not taken legal advice, or familiarised themselves with the eligibility criteria for Parental Orders or have not taken steps to acquire parental rights or legal parentage in respect of their child under English law. The most common difficulties are: - Issues of domicile: particularly where neither of the intended parents were born in the United Kingdom, or were born - in the United Kingdom but now live overseas; - Breakdown of the relationship between the intended parents before a Parental Order has been applied for, or before the order has been made; - Inability to find the surrogate after the baby has been born; - Immigration difficulties where the surrogacy has been undertaken overseas. There is a common and natural concern that surrogates change their mind and want to keep their baby. Thankfully, such cases are extremely rare in the United Kingdom.  It is important, however, always to remember that the Parental Order can only be made with the agreement of the surrogate and her spouse/civil partner.  If it is not possible for the intended parent(s) to satisfy the statutory criteria for a Parental Order, alternative court orders should be considered to acquire Parental Responsibility for the child under English law.