Judges in the Netherlands reportedly believe that the proposed surrogacy law should be amended. Family judge Annette Olland of the District Court of The Hague said the bill would be an advance but would not prevent some major problems. An estimated 30 to 50 Dutch families have a child with the help of a surrogate each year, while surrogacy is not currently regulated by law. Intended parents may not publicly seek a surrogate, and in more than half of cases they go abroad. Under the current system, the surrogate is automatically the legal mother. Intended parents must establish parenthood and parental authority through legal proceedings, which can take up to a year and a half; during that period, they cannot, for example, make medical decisions for the child or take parental leave. The proposed law would allow agreements to be made before conception and reviewed by a judge, with parental authority transferring directly to the intended parents after the birth.