Are surrogate court records public? Surrogate court records are not made public. While the birth certificate of a baby may initially state the surrogate mother as a parent, once a Parental Order is applied for by the intended parents, the new birth certificate of the baby will only state the intended parents as the parents, and this new birth certificate will completely replace the original. Confidentiality, communication and transparency are key between the intended parents and the surrogate mother, and the Surrogate Direct App encourages this from the very beginning of intended parents’ and surrogate mothers’ searches. “