The intended parents could seek one or more of the following orders:
A child arrangements order — this can state that the child will live with the intended parents and will confer parental responsibility on them but not legal parenthood if there is no parental order in place.
A prohibited steps order — again, this will not make the intended parents the legal parents of the child in the absence of a parental order, but it can seek to restrict the surrogate parent’s involvement with the child.
An adoption order — this will confer legal parenthood and parental responsibility on the intended parents and will terminate the rights of the surrogate (and her spouse). However, unlike a parental order, it will not recognise at least one of the intended parents as the biological parent of the child.