Next point deal with Thai law states of the surrogacy, i'll describe about -Thai law states that the surrogate has legal parental rights over the child, even though in this case, Lake is the biological father of Carmen, and the American Consulate has issued a Consular Report of Birth Abroad which recognizes Carmen as a U.S. citizen. Carmen can’t leave the country without the signature of both parents listed on the birth certificate.Unfortunately, the surrogate isn’t the only thing that Lake and Manuel have to fight to get their daughter back to the States. Before Carmen was born (but still in the womb), the military overthrew the government and outlawed surrogacy to foreign couples, amidst many high-profile surrogacy scandals in Thailand. However, the coup created a provision for those surrogates who were already carrying. Husband or wife executing to surrogacy, . . . has right to file a complaint to the Court for ordering a person who was born by surrogacy before this act enforced be legitimate child of husband and wife executing to surrogacy. The problem with this provision is the words “husband” and “wife” and since Thailand doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage, Lake and Manuel will have to fight for this provision to apply to them, a same-sex couple, in addition to fending off allegations by the surrogate. The surrogate claims that she did not know that Lake and Manuel were a same-sex couple though Lake claims the agency they used, New Life, was aware of their sexual orientation. New Life also claims that the surrogate knew of their same-sex relationship.A new law went into effect on July 30 that outlaws surrogacy for foreigners, BUT includes a temporary provision to be applied to all children born prior. This provision effectively removes parental powers from the surrogate and grants them to the intended parents who commissioned the surrogacy. This law “does the right thing” in giving custody to the parents that desired the child in the first place, but we are unsure how it will be interpreted given we are a homosexual couple