A surrogate parent is an individual appointed by the local or state agency to act in place of a parent or legal guardian in safeguarding a child's rights in the decision making process.

A step parent has to be married to the husband, but a sur rogate only carries the baby for a unfortunate couple.

because the teacher as a second parent of the student is also responsible to provide parental care.

A surrogate father is a person who functions like a father to someone who is not his biological or adopted child. In other words, a surrogate father plays the role of father where a legal parental relationship does not already exist.

Surrogate's Courthouse was created in 1907.