Are surrogate mothers allowed to keep the baby?

i thought there was paper work involved at the very beginning? and if it's two other people's baby they have no right to keep it right? and surrogate agencies are for that exact reason right?( to keep everything in line)Are surrogate mothers allowed to keep the baby?
it depends on what the associated parties choose. if biologically, the child isn't the surrogate mother's, then it goes to the actual parents if that is the plan. surrogate agencies make sure everything is legal and official.
In the very rare cases where the surrogate has changed her minds, it ends up going to court as a custody case. No matter what was signed, when it comes down to it, it's nearly legally impossible to compel a woman to give up the child she just bore. Which is why legitimate agencies (as should intended parents doing an independent arrangement) insist on psychological screening of potential clients (to make sure they're undertaking the role seriously and know what they're getting into) and interact with the surrogate via the pregnancy, continually emphasizing the "family building" aspect of what she's doing.



(Interestingly, it's been found to be at least as likely for the *intended parents* to back out of the arrangement as the surrogate. It makes a ton of news when it happens for shock value, simply because it's so rare, just like you rarely hear news stories about women planning to place a baby up for adoption changing their minds - that's fairly common.)Are surrogate mothers allowed to keep the baby?
i think the whole thing sucks if she changes her mind you shouldn't play with people's feelings they are already not able to conceive then they expect a baby and the surrogate says I changed my mind how cruel should be some laws againgst that
That defeats the entire purpose of being a surrogate mother. Then you're just the mother.
if you havent signed anything then i think you can but i am not sure normally there is a lot of paperwork involved