Gordon Alan Bud Lake, who is American, and his Spanish husband Manuel Santos, had their son, 23 month Álvaro born through a surrogate in India when they decided to go to Thailand to have their second child.The men say they chose Thailand for its top rate medical facilities and established surrogacy industry for gay couples.But as the laws around surrogacy were not regulated at the time in Thailand, and the couple went through an agency and everything was fine up to the birth . Mr Lake used his sperm to fertilize the donor egg, and that embryo was subsequently implanted into the woman who they are now in dispute with.A Thai woman carried the baby for the couple and finally gave birth to their baby daughter ,Carmen, in January. She handed the daughter over to the two dads but before they could return to the U.S. with their new child, the surrogate refused to sign documents for Carmen’s passport after discovering they were a gay couple. Now Lake and Manuel are in a lengthy court battle with the Thai government to return home with their daughter. However, he said they were ‘in complete shock’ when they got a chat message send from the surrogate mother’s translator and family friend saying she wanted to keep Carmen.Patidta Kusolsang is the surrogate mother, she changed her mind months ago about giving up the baby and tried to get more information about the intended parents.She has filed a claim with the Thai police and written a letter to the U.S. embassy.The surrogate also said she didn’t understand the contract which she says was in English and that she would never “sell a child for money.” New Life states it was a bilingual contract and the surrogate.She said she will return the couple’s money if she can have the baby. ‘I don’t want his money, not even one single baht,’ she said. understood the contractual agreement. The surrogate has also said that she had to pay for her own medical bills, though Lake and Manuel state they paid US $35,000-$47,000 for the entire process.And she said "she thought she was doing this for an ordinary family and when she found out that it wasn't an ordinary family she was worried for camen's wellbeing