Surrogacy in North Carolina
We serve all of North Carolina, working with surrogates and intended parents from Charlotte and Raleigh to Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Asheville, and Wilmington. North Carolina has no surrogacy statute, so families here work through written agreements and the courts, with an attorney on each side. 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 the honest picture, from where you live.
- Serving
- All of North CarolinaCharlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and beyond
- Helping families since
- 2015Coordinated from our California home office
- The law
- No surrogacy statuteFamilies work through written agreements and the courts
- Parentage
- Set through the courtsYour North Carolina attorney plans the path for your match
How surrogacy works when you live in North Carolina
North Carolinians ask two things, in this order: is this okay here, and how does it work from here? Yes, and mostly from your own living room. The second answer deserves the detail, so here it is for each side.
The pregnancy lives at home
You apply and match from home, with screening conversations by phone and video. The clinic evaluation and the embryo transfer happen at the fertility clinic in California, and we will not pretend that is around the corner: it is a direct flight, not a day trip, a small number of planned trips we arrange together, never a relocation.
Then the long part is entirely yours: your own OB and your own hospital in Charlotte, Raleigh, or wherever home is, with your coordinator one call away for the whole pregnancy. The full picture is on our become a surrogate page.
One team, coordinated to North Carolina
Consultations happen by video, or in person at our California home office if you prefer. One coordinator runs matching, screening, and the clinic, and the legal work is handled by independent attorneys, including counsel for what your match needs in North Carolina.
Before anything is signed, you will know where every step happens and who is responsible for it. Start with surrogacy for intended parents.
Surrogacy works in North Carolina
The state's most-searched surrogacy question is the legal one, so here is the adult answer, short and honest. How North Carolina compares with every other state lives on our law guide.
This is general information, not legal advice. Your own North Carolina attorney confirms how it applies to your match.
Read our full surrogacy law guideNorth Carolina has no surrogacy statute: nothing in state law authorizes gestational surrogacy by name, and nothing prohibits it. Families here work through written agreements and the courts, with an independent attorney on each side, and parentage is established through the courts with that attorney guiding each step.
Here is the honest read: in a state without a statute, the process is the protection. Who screens the match, how the agreement is drafted, when it is signed, and which attorneys handle the parentage filing matter more in North Carolina, not less. That order of operations, conversation, screening, match, contracts before medications, is the same one we run everywhere.
A note on accuracy. We work in gestational surrogacy only, where the surrogate is not genetically related to the child. Parentage is established case by case through the courts, so treat nothing on this page as a promise of timing or venue; your North-Carolina-licensed reproductive attorney confirms the path for your match.
Requirements to become a surrogate in North Carolina
These are the general guidelines most surrogacy programs run on, ours included. Read them as a starting point, not a verdict; the deciding step is 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.
In North Carolina, the screening carries extra weight. With no statute prescribing surrogate criteria, the screening, the agreement, and independent counsel for each side do the protecting, and that is exactly the order we run everywhere: records, clinic evaluation, psychological screening, then contracts before any medication.
Compensation is real and it is rising in search interest for a reason: it matters. Your agreement puts compensation and expenses in writing before anything medical begins, shaped by your situation. We talk it through personally rather than posting numbers, so the figure you hear is yours, not an average.
Questions like a prior c-section, a tubal ligation, anxiety, or PCOS deserve better than a form rejection, and they get it here: a person reads every application, and most of those answers are it-depends. Our surrogate eligibility guide walks each one through, the become a surrogate page holds the full picture, or just reach out.
Building your family from Charlotte or Raleigh
From the Queen City to the Triangle to the mountains, working with us looks the same: one coordinated team for the match, the screening, the clinic, and the legal work. Here is what that means in practice.
Remote first, in person when you want
Consultations and matching conversations happen by video, around your schedule. When you want a handshake instead of a screen, the California home office is a direct flight away. The step-by-step arc is on our how surrogacy works page.
The right counsel for the parentage work
Because North Carolina has no surrogacy statute, parentage is established through the courts, and your attorney advises the right path for your match and plans the filing accordingly. You never navigate that alone.
Every kind of family, welcomed
We welcome every kind of family, married and unmarried, gay and straight, couples and single parents, and your attorney confirms the right parentage path for yours in North Carolina before anything is signed. See how we support LGBTQ+ families.
Clear costs before you commit
No posted price lists, no surprises. We walk through what shapes the total for your situation, insurance review included, and put a personalized estimate in writing before you commit. Our surrogacy costs guide explains the pieces plainly.
How does surrogacy work in North Carolina?
Six steps in a fixed order, at the pace your match sets. First call to homecoming, this is the road.
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First conversation and application
By phone or video from anywhere in North Carolina. Surrogates begin an application; intended parents talk through goals, timing, and what they hope the relationship feels like. Nothing medical yet.
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Screening, remote first
Records review and psychological screening are coordinated around your life, mostly from home. The in-person clinic evaluation is one of the planned California trips, with dates set together well ahead.
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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.
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Legal contracts with independent counsel
Each side retains its own attorney, and the gestational agreement is completed and signed before any medications begin. In a no-statute state this is the foundation stone, and it is when compensation and expenses go into writing.
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Embryo transfer and pregnancy
The California clinic handles the medical cycle and the transfer, and then North Carolina holds the rest of the story: your own OB, your own hospital, from first heartbeat to delivery day, with your coordinator close to both sides throughout.
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Parentage and birth
Your attorneys handle the parentage work through the courts during the pregnancy, so the legal side moves in step with the birth and your family goes home together.
A California home office, said plainly
Our home office is in Rancho Cucamonga, California. There is no North Carolina storefront, and we will not invent one; most of the agencies ranking for North Carolina searches are out-of-state too, they just do not lead with it. We do, because the model works and we can explain exactly how.
Every conversation, from first call to third-trimester check-in, runs by phone and video around your work and your kids, and the planned clinic trips are the only travel. That is as true in Winston-Salem, Asheville, and Wilmington as in Charlotte and Raleigh. A real person calls you back, and stays your person from then on.
11989 Arrow Route, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
(626) 528-6868
North Carolina surrogacy, answered
Is surrogacy legal in North Carolina?
Yes. North Carolina has no law against gestational surrogacy, and no statute regulating it either. Families here work through written agreements and the courts, with an attorney on each side.
Agreements are drafted with independent counsel on each side, and parentage is established through the courts. For the state-by-state picture, see our surrogacy law guide.
Is North Carolina a surrogacy-friendly state?
There is no surrogacy statute either way, so the honest answer is that it comes down to process. What protects a North Carolina match is your attorneys and your agency's order of operations, not a statute.
That is why every match includes independent North Carolina counsel and a contracts-before-medication order of operations. The comparison across all fifty states lives on our surrogacy law guide.
What are the requirements to be a surrogate in North Carolina?
About 21 to 38 years old, at least one healthy birth, a child you are raising now, good general health, no smoking, and a stable home with support you trust.
North Carolina sets no statutory criteria, so program guidelines plus medical and psychological screening make the decision, and a person reads every application. The surrogate eligibility guide answers the condition-specific questions.
Do I have to travel to California?
Yes, some. The clinic evaluation and the embryo transfer happen at the fertility clinic in California, and from North Carolina that is a real flight, planned well in advance.
Those planned trips are the whole travel story. The application, the screening conversations, your prenatal care, and the delivery all stay home in North Carolina with your own OB and hospital.
How do intended parents in Charlotte or Raleigh get started?
Start by telling us where you are: embryos or not yet, clinic chosen or still deciding, timeline firm or fuzzy. One conversation sorts the next steps.
Consultations run by video, or at the California home office if you would rather meet in person, and from there one coordinator carries 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 North Carolina
It starts with a conversation, from wherever you are in North Carolina. We listen first, then show you exactly what comes next.