Like most states, Oregon has little law regarding surrogacy, but Oregon courts have acknowledged surrogacy and creating a legal relationship between Intended Parents and their child for over 15 years. The method that you use to accomplish this will depend on your specific circumstances: whether you are genetic parents, working with a donor, and whether the gestational carrier is married.

Northwest Surrogacy Center has a referral base of well-established and experienced attorneys to assist you with the process of securing your legal relationship with your child.

Advantages of an Oregon Surrogacy:

1. Surrogacy is legal in Oregon.
2. It is legal to compensate surrogates.
3. You will receive a judgment establishing that you are the child's legal parents.
4. The parentage judgment will be recognized and enforceable in other states.
5. Your name will be on the child's birth certificate after you have completed the legal process; same gender parents will be listed on the final birth certificate as Parent 1 and Parent 2.