Surrogacy in Colorado
We serve all of Colorado, working with surrogates and intended parents in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Boulder, and the towns in between. Colorado has written surrogacy agreements into its own statute, the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, and most of the process happens where you live: you apply from home, match from home, and see your own OB for prenatal care, with a small number of trips to the fertility clinic in California. Here is what that actually looks like from Colorado.
- Serving
- All of ColoradoDenver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Boulder, and beyond
- Helping families since
- 2015Coordinated from our California home office
- The law
- Written into statuteColorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, since 2021
- Parentage
- Court order before birthAvailable under the Act; parentage takes effect at birth
How surrogacy works when you live in Colorado
Colorado has a surrogacy statute on the books, so the questions we hear from Colorado are usually practical ones: where does everything happen, and how much travel is involved? Almost all of it happens at home, with a small number of clinic trips to California. Here is the honest geography for each side.
Your OB, your hospital, your town
Applying, screening conversations, and records review all happen from home by phone and video. The two clinic milestones, the medical evaluation and the embryo transfer, happen at the fertility clinic in California. That travel is planned together, a small number of trips, never a relocation.
Once pregnancy is confirmed, everything comes home: your own OB, your own hospital, whether you deliver in Denver or Durango, with your coordinator a call away the whole time. The full picture is on our become a surrogate page.
One team, coordinated to Colorado
Consultations happen by video, or in person at our California home office when you want a table between you. One coordinator runs the match, the screening, and the clinic, and the legal work is handled by independent attorneys who work under the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act.
We tell you where each step happens, and who is in the room, before you commit to anything. Start with surrogacy for intended parents.
What the law says in Colorado, plainly.
Colorado wrote surrogacy agreements into its own statute, the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act. It sets out who can enter an agreement, what the agreement must contain, and how parentage is established, and it declares that agreements executed under it are in accord with the state's public policy. The full state-by-state picture lives on our law guide.
This is general information, not legal advice. Your own Colorado attorney confirms how it applies to your match.
Read our full surrogacy law guideColorado's surrogacy law is written into statute, the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act. It makes a surrogacy agreement enforceable when the Act's requirements are met, requires a medical evaluation and a mental-health consultation for the surrogate and a medical evaluation for each intended parent, and requires that the agreement be signed before medical steps begin, with independent counsel on each side.
A party to the agreement can ask the court for a parentage order before the birth. The court can issue that order before the baby arrives, holding it until the birth, and on the birth each intended parent is a parent of the child under the Act. The Act defines an intended parent as an individual, married or unmarried, and its requirements apply to each intended parent whether or not that parent is genetically related to the child.
A note on accuracy. We work in gestational surrogacy only, where the surrogate is not genetically related to the child. Colorado's Act also covers genetic surrogacy, which we do not offer. The drafting and the counsel still matter, and your own Colorado-licensed reproductive attorney confirms your specifics.
Requirements to become a surrogate in Colorado
These are the general guidelines most surrogacy programs follow, ours included. Read them as a starting point rather than a verdict; the deciding step is always a conversation and a medical review.
Are between about 21 and 38 years oldThe range can flex based on your health history.
Have given birth before and are raising a child of your ownAgencies and clinics look for prior pregnancy experience.
Had healthy, full-term pregnancies and deliveriesReviewed with your medical records during screening.
Are in good general healthConfirmed through a clinic medical evaluation.
Live in a stable home with reliable supportA partner, family, or friends you can lean on.
Do not smoke or use illicit drugsAsked about and reviewed as part of screening.
Are a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent residentHelps keep the legal process clean and predictable.
Have a stable income, not relying on cash assistanceSo compensation is genuinely yours to keep.
Screening is the same everywhere we work. Colorado's law sets its own baseline too, an age minimum, a prior birth, and required evaluations, and on top of that comes the screening itself: your records, a clinic evaluation, and psychological screening, done in that order and explained as we go.
How much do surrogates make in Colorado, plainly: compensation is real, it is written into your agreement before any medications begin, and it is shaped by your situation. Other agencies post headline numbers; we would rather have the conversation with you personally, so the number you hear is actually yours.
A c-section in your history? A tubal ligation, anxiety, or PCOS? Usually not the end of the story, and never a reason to be turned away unheard. Our surrogate eligibility guide takes those questions one condition at a time, the become a surrogate page covers the whole arc, or simply reach out.
Building your family from Denver, Colorado Springs, or Boulder
Surrogacy in Colorado Springs looks the same as it does in Denver or Boulder, because none of the coordination depends on your zip code. From Colorado, working with us means one coordinated team: the match, the screening, the clinic, and the independent legal work, all run by one person you know by name. Here is what that means in practice.
Remote first, in person when you want
Video consultations fit around work and family; when you would rather meet in person, the California home office is a nonstop flight from Denver. The step-by-step arc is on our how surrogacy works page.
Counsel who work under Colorado's statute
Your agreement is drafted and reviewed by independent attorneys under the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, and your attorneys can ask the court for the parentage order before the birth. They carry that process so you do not have to.
Every kind of family, welcomed
Colorado's Act defines an intended parent as an individual, married or unmarried, and applies to each intended parent whether or not there is a genetic connection to the child. We welcome married, unmarried, LGBTQ+, and single intended parents alike. See how we support LGBTQ+ families.
Clear costs before you commit
We post no price lists and spring no surprises. Before you commit, we walk what shapes the total and put a personalized estimate in writing for your situation. Our surrogacy costs guide shows how that conversation works.
How does surrogacy work in Colorado?
Six steps, the same order every time, at the pace your match sets. Here is the road from first call to homecoming.
First conversation and application
By phone or video from anywhere in Colorado. Surrogates begin an application; intended parents talk goals, timing, and the kind of relationship they hope to have with their surrogate. Nothing medical yet.
Screening, remote first
Records review and psychological screening are arranged around your schedule, mostly from home. The in-person clinic evaluation is one of the planned California trips, with dates you will know well in advance.
Matching
We introduce a surrogate and intended parents who fit each other on values, expectations, communication style, and the practical things, like contact during pregnancy and views on tough medical decisions. You decide together whether to move forward.
Legal contracts with independent counsel
Each side retains its own attorney, and the gestational agreement is completed and signed before any medications begin, as the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act requires. This is also when compensation and expenses go into writing.
Embryo transfer and pregnancy
The California clinic handles the medical cycle and the transfer. Then Colorado takes over: your own OB, your own hospital, your own bed, from the first heartbeat appointment to delivery, with your coordinator close to both sides throughout.
Parentage and birth
Your attorneys complete the parentage work, and under Colorado's statute the court can issue the parentage order before the birth, so that when the baby arrives the intended parents are the parents and the family goes home together.
A California team, honest about how it works
When you are weighing Colorado surrogacy agencies, the first thing worth knowing about us is where we sit. Our home office is in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend a Denver storefront. The program is built to run from anywhere in Colorado: phone and video for everything except the clinic steps, scheduled around your work and your kids, with any travel planned well ahead and a coordinator who runs cross-state matches every day.
When you reach out, a real person calls you back and stays your person from then on, whether home is a Denver neighborhood, a street in Colorado Springs, or a town up in the mountains. The only steps that bring you to California are the clinic ones.
11989 Arrow Route, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
(626) 528-6868
Colorado surrogacy, answered
Is Colorado surrogacy friendly?
"Surrogacy friendly" is a label rather than a legal term, so here is what the record shows: Colorado has a statute of its own, the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, which declares that agreements executed under it are in accord with the state's public policy, makes an agreement that meets its requirements enforceable, and lets a party ask the court for a parentage order before the birth.
That is also why every match here is drafted with independent Colorado counsel on each side, before any medical step. The full comparison lives on our surrogacy law guide.
Is surrogacy legal in Colorado?
Colorado wrote surrogacy agreements into statute in 2021 with the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, which covers gestational surrogacy and declares that agreements executed under it are in accord with the state's public policy.
An agreement that meets the Act's requirements is enforceable, and a party to it can ask the court for a parentage order before the birth. For how Colorado surrogacy laws compare with the rest of the country, see our surrogacy law guide.
What are the requirements to become a surrogate in Colorado?
Roughly: 21 to 38 years old, at least one healthy birth, a child you are raising now, good general health, no smoking, and a stable, supported home.
Colorado's law adds its own baseline (an age minimum, a prior birth, and required evaluations), and those program guidelines plus medical and psychological screening carry the decision. The surrogate eligibility guide handles the condition-by-condition questions.
Do I have to travel to California?
Yes, for exactly two kinds of milestones: the clinic evaluation and the embryo transfer, which happen at the fertility clinic in California.
Those are planned trips we book together, well in advance. Everything else, the application, the screening conversations, your prenatal care, and the delivery, stays home in Colorado with your own OB and hospital.
Do you need a lawyer for surrogacy in Colorado?
Every Lily Baby match includes independent counsel on each side, and Colorado's statute requires it: the surrogate and each intended parent must have their own attorney licensed in Colorado, and the agreement must be signed before medical steps begin.
Your attorneys draft and review the agreement, then handle the parentage order. We coordinate the referrals so you are never hunting for counsel alone.
How do intended parents in Denver or Colorado Springs get started?
Call or write, and tell us where you are: whether you have embryos, what your timing looks like, and what you want this to feel like.
Consultations run by video, or at the California home office if you prefer to meet in person, and from there one coordinator manages the match, the screening, the clinic, and the independent legal work. Begin with surrogacy for intended parents or the how surrogacy works guide.
Get started in Colorado
It starts with a conversation, from wherever you are in Colorado. We listen first, then show you exactly what comes next.