Maria Teresa Bates

Maria Bates claims to be an attorney and works with family law. Unfortunately she does not treat her own family in the same manner. She represents to the public I am the birth mother of her children who we both parented, and she proceeded to tell me every detail about certain legal processes and peop...le that she was helping as a lawyer, and as somebody who is certified for the Bar, I do believe that you are not allowed to disclose your clients information to another person on top of that, Maria claims to help families, but refused to report her own son, claiming that he had been sexually abused by her boyfriend

I can not recommend Maria enough! I was originally referred to her by my surrogacy agency at the time and it could not have gone any better. She is knowledgeable ,so kind , clear with everything that is happening or going to happen and truly puts her client's interest first. She goes above and beyond... to make sure you are fully informed in all aspects of your contract/case and has no issues with a little extra hand holding should you need it. Her combination of empathy and logic are a breath of fresh air in what can sometimes be a chaotic world of surrogacy.

Maria Bates helped my husband and me work with a surrogate to have our twin boys. She was terrific. She’s capable, caring, responsible, and responsive. As a law professor at Stetson University College of Law, I first met Maria when she was a student. Even then, she was enthusiastic about family f...ormation and her ability to help people achieve their goals. I’ve watched her grow as a professional ever since and finally became a client myself. I couldn’t be more proud of the professional Maria has become and recommend her highly. - Professor Joe Morrissey

Maria has been an intricate part in our surrogacy journeys. She has been so knowledgeable about what needs to be done and when and made everything from the legal side extremely smooth. We have so much to deal with, it was nice to have the trust in someone to get the job done without having to follow ...up. We have worked with her on both sides in the process. Our first experience with Maria was her representing the surrogate which she was extremely professional and great to work with. On our second pregnancy, we asked our agency to use her as we actually felt very comfortable with the way she explains things and her empathy with what we were going through. We will be starting the process again for our fourth child soon, and we have already requested to use Maria from our agency. I cannot say enough good things about working with her and helping guide us through this complex legal process.