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As a former intended parent, Nicole can relate to all aspects of the surrogacy journey. In addition to providing expert legal representation for intended parents, donors, and surrogates, she delivers support, guidance, and a smooth legal process. Nicole’s services include drafting, negotiating, and reviewing surrogacy agreements; egg, sperm, or embryo donation agreements; and obtaining pre-birth and post-birth parentage orders.
Our agency fee includes a discounted legal rate with Kinsey Law Group, P.C. that benefits our intended parents.
Gestational surrogacy is permitted and clearly defined in Washington DC by statute. The laws protect the process equally for both intended parents and surrogates. Because there are clear-cut laws that guide the surrogacy process in DC, growing families through surrogacy is very favorable, safe, and becoming increasingly in demand. Gestational surrogacy is allowed by statute for all intended parents including unmarried couples and LGBTQ. In addition, the DC courts allow pre-birth orders for intended parents who use their own genetic material and for those that use donor egg, sperm, or embryos. DC is one of the most inclusive places for surrogacy in the nation.
DC is Surrounded by Surrogacy Friendly States
In Maryland, surrogacy is allowed by case law and practice for both married and unmarried couples as well as single intended parents. It is also an LGBTQ-friendly state. Maryland allows intended parents to obtain a pre-birth parentage order although it depends somewhat on the county where the filing occurs.
West Virginia has some of the most lenient surrogacy laws of any state. The only surrogacy law in the state regulates commercial surrogacy, stating that it is legal. The courts in the state can grant pre-birth parentage orders.
Pennsylvania is a favorable jurisdiction for surrogacy although the practice of surrogacy laws varies by county. A 2006 case ruling legalized surrogacy in the state and more recently, a decision in 2014 recognized that married same-sex couples should be treated the same as married heterosexual couples in surrogacy cases.