California is among the most favorable states in the U.S. for gestational surrogacy. This guide lays out how the process works under California law—what “statutory permissibility” means, how parentage is established, what must go into your contracts, and what steps Surrogacy4All’s physician-led team follows to keep your journey compliant, transparent, and supportive from start to finish.
In California, the smoothest path begins with understanding your legal rights under statute, ensuring independent legal counsel, and structuring clinical and financial steps in a coordinated way.
Our model is built around pillars that align with California’s legal landscape:
You’ll see fewer bottlenecks, fewer surprises, and a more stable experience—because we sequence legal, insurance, and medical work side by side, not one after another.
Pre-Birth Parentage Orders
Under California Family Code § 7613, egg and sperm donors have no parental rights arising from donation in assisted reproduction.
California law places emphasis on intent (i.e., the agreement and roles) rather than genetic or gestational link alone.
While exact numbers vary by program, your budget should transparently separate:
Typical timeline: 12–18 months from intake to birth. Parallel workflows (legal, insurance, medical) can reduce inactive periods.
Consultation & Readiness
Define your timeline, budget, and legal domicile.
Contract & Compliance Check
Draft and review surrogacy agreement, confirm legal counsel, disclose gamete sources.
Clinical Onboarding
Select embryo strategy, medical screening, fertility plan.
Surrogate Matching
Align on expectations, communication style, hospital preference, and logistics.
Legal Finalization
Execute contracts with both parties represented before any medical intervention.
Treatment & Transfer
Begin protocols, monitor, and conduct embryo transfer at qualified clinic.
Pregnancy Support
OB hand-off, regular updates, health and wellness support, payments via escrow.
Parentage Order Filing
File for a pre-birth parentage order or prepare for post-birth if necessary.
Delivery & Homecoming
Ensure birth certificate lists intended parents, manage newborn care and insurance.
A single intended mother with embryos stored at an FDA-registered clinic. After compliance checks, she matched with a surrogate in 6 weeks. Contracts finalized within 30 days. First transfer was successful. A pre-birth order was granted in the second trimester. She left the hospital with her baby 48 hours after delivery—smoothly, thanks to parallel processing of legal, insurance, and medical steps.
In California, surrogacy is safe, legally secure, and efficient when handled by a physician-led, compliance-first team like Surrogacy4All.
Our job is to listen, to connect the dots between your needs, and to determine how we can best help you have your baby. If you’re asking how much does it cost for a surrogate, we’ll walk you through every step of the process to ensure there are no surprises.
To make an appointment with one of our counselors or physicians, please call (212) 661-7673 or email info@surrogacy4all.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Surrogacy4All is a unique international surrogacy service targeted at providing state of the art IVF and surrogacy services to Intended Parents irrespective of age, sex or color, at the lowest possible cost in the world.
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