Surrogacy in Wyoming
We serve all of Wyoming, working with surrogates and intended parents in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Casper, Wyoming, in Laramie, Wyoming and Gillette, Wyoming, in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Sheridan, Wyoming, and in Jackson, Wyoming. Families build through gestational surrogacy in Wyoming, with the parentage order handled by your attorneys through the district court. Wyoming's Parentage Act says it neither authorizes nor prohibits a gestational agreement, and Wyoming's vital-records law describes one specific kind of gestational agreement with a birth-certificate route of its own, so the written agreement, drafted with independent counsel on each side before any medical step, and the parentage route your attorneys plan are what carry each match here. Most of it happens where you live: you apply from home, match from home, and see your own OB for prenatal care. The first fertility-clinic appointments happen at our clinic in California, a real trip we plan with you well in advance, and from most of Wyoming it is a flight with one connection. Here is what that actually looks like from Wyoming.
- Serving
- All of WyomingCheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs and Sheridan to Jackson, Wyoming, and beyond
- Your care
- Your own OB and hospitalAt home in Wyoming, through delivery
- Clinic steps
- A small number of visitsTo the fertility clinic in California, planned with you
- The law
- Parentage by court order, planned by your attorneysWyoming's Parentage Act neither authorizes nor prohibits a gestational agreement; one specific vital-records route exists for two Wyoming-resident intended parents
How surrogacy works when you live in Wyoming
Two questions arrive before any others from Wyoming: how does the law here actually work for a match like mine, and how far do I have to go? The first has a plain two-part answer, below, in the law section. The second has one too, and no one else gives it: for most of the state the clinic trips are a connecting flight. Here is the honest geography for each side.
Wyoming for the pregnancy, California for the clinic
Applying, the screening conversations, and the records review happen from home by phone and video, whether home is Cheyenne, a neighborhood in Casper or Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs, Sheridan, or a town a long drive from any of them. The first fertility-clinic appointments, the medical screening, and the embryo transfer happen at our fertility clinic in California. From most of Wyoming the clinic trips are a flight with one connection, through Denver or Salt Lake City; Jackson, Wyoming has seasonal nonstops to Los Angeles and San Diego, and we plan every trip with you well in advance: a small number of planned trips, booked with you, never a relocation.
Once pregnancy is confirmed, everything comes home: your own OB, your own hospital, whether you deliver in Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs or Sheridan, with your coordinator a call away throughout. The full picture is on our become a surrogate page.
One team, from the first call to the parentage order
Consultations happen by video, or in person at our California home office when you would rather have a table between you. One coordinator runs the match, the screening, and the clinic, and the legal work sits with independent attorneys, Wyoming counsel included, who plan the parentage route your match needs under Wyoming's Parentage Act and its vital-records law, and ask the district court for the parentage order on Wyoming's timeline when that is the route.
We tell you where each step happens, who is in the room, and which route your match runs on, before you commit to anything. Start with surrogacy for intended parents.
What the law says in Wyoming, plainly.
"Is Wyoming surrogacy friendly?" is how people here actually ask it, and the plain answer is specific rather than a verdict either way: no Wyoming statute is written for surrogacy, nothing in Wyoming law prohibits it, Wyoming's Parentage Act says it neither authorizes nor prohibits a gestational agreement, and Wyoming's vital-records law names two routes to the same place, a parent's name on the birth certificate. So the certainty in a Wyoming match is built rather than handed over, with a written agreement and independent counsel on each side before any medical step, and a parentage route your attorneys plan for your match and tell you about before you commit. The full state-by-state picture lives on our law guide.
This is general information, not legal advice. Your own Wyoming attorney confirms how it applies to your match.
Read our full surrogacy law guideNo Wyoming statute is written for surrogacy, and nothing in Wyoming law prohibits it. Wyoming's Parentage Act, the law that decides who a child's parents are, speaks to this kind of arrangement in one sentence, and that sentence is even-handed: the Act says it neither authorizes nor prohibits an agreement in which a woman carries a child conceived through assisted reproduction and gives up her rights as a parent so that the intended parents become the child's parents, and the Act applies to every determination of parentage in the state. So a Wyoming family builds through gestational surrogacy the way the law leaves it: a written agreement drafted before any medical step, independent counsel for each side, and a parentage order your attorneys plan for your match and ask the district court to enter. The same Act says a child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other.
Wyoming's vital-records law then adds a second route, for the families who fit it. It describes one specific kind of gestational agreement, written and notarized, between two intended parents who have lived in Wyoming for at least the year before signing and a gestational carrier, filed and sealed with the state registrar, with compensation limited to expenses connected to the pregnancy, including lost opportunity. An agreement that meets every one of those conditions gets an administrative birth-certificate route: once the state office of vital records verifies the agreement, the intended parents are treated as the child's parents for the birth certificate, with no court order needed. Those conditions belong to that one route, and the act that created it says it is not intended to alter the rights and legal status of any person it does not specifically address. For every other match the same law names the court route: for birth registration the woman who gives birth is treated as the mother unless a court orders otherwise, at any time, and the court's order directs the state office of vital records to issue an amended birth certificate. A parentage proceeding can be started before the birth but is not concluded until after it, which is why the timing of the order is your attorneys' plan for your match, never a promise a page can make. Which route your match runs on is your attorneys' call, and they tell you before you commit.
A note on accuracy. We work in gestational surrogacy only, where the surrogate is not genetically related to the child. Wyoming's statute describes one route in detail and leaves the other to the court, so the drafting and the counsel carry the weight; your own Wyoming attorney confirms how it applies to your match.
Requirements to become a surrogate in Wyoming
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. Beyond the age it sets for the parties to its own defined gestational agreement, Wyoming sets no eligibility list for surrogates, so what carries the weight is the screening itself: your medical records, a clinic evaluation in California, and psychological screening, done in that order and explained as we go. Final eligibility is that conversation plus that screening, never a form.
How much do surrogates make in Wyoming is one of the first questions we hear, and the honest answer is personal: compensation is real, it is written into your agreement before any medications begin, and it is shaped by your situation. It is held in escrow, you have your own attorney at the table, and in Wyoming the agreement is the document that spells it out, with your attorney walking you through how the state's two parentage routes bear on your agreement. We would rather have that conversation with you personally than post headline numbers, so the figure you hear is actually yours.
A c-section in your history? A tubal ligation, anxiety, or PCOS? Rarely the end of the story, and never a reason to be turned away unheard. Wyoming's statute sets an age of 21 only for the parties to its own defined gestational agreement; our program's minimum age is 21 as a program fact, not a state rule for every match. 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 Cheyenne, Casper or Laramie
From Wyoming, working with us means one coordinated team: the match, the screening, the clinic, and the independent legal work, 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 school pickups; when you would rather sit down together, the California home office is a planned flight from Cheyenne, Casper or Laramie, with one connection for most of the state. The step-by-step arc is on our how surrogacy works page.
Counsel who plan the parentage route, and tell you which one
Your agreement is drafted and reviewed by independent attorneys, who plan the parentage order your match needs under Wyoming's Parentage Act and ask the district court for it on Wyoming's timeline. Wyoming's vital-records law also describes one specific kind of gestational agreement with an administrative birth-certificate route of its own, and its conditions include a year of Wyoming residency for both intended parents, so a family building from outside Wyoming does not fit it and the court route is theirs. Your attorneys tell you which route your match runs on before you commit, and experienced Wyoming counsel carries the planning so you do not have to.
Every kind of family, welcomed
We welcome married, unmarried, LGBTQ+, and single intended parents. Wyoming's parentage law says a child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other, and experienced Wyoming counsel structures the right parentage path for each family. See how we support LGBTQ+ families.
Clear costs before you commit
"How much does surrogacy cost in Wyoming?" comes up early, so we answer it early. Surrogate compensation is one part of the cost in Wyoming, and the clinic, the legal work, and your insurance shape the rest, so we post no price lists and spring no surprises: before you commit, we walk through what shapes the total and put a personalized estimate in writing for your situation. Whether insurance covers any of it is a real question here too, and your consultation covers what your own coverage does and does not do. Our surrogacy costs guide shows how that conversation works.
How does surrogacy work in Wyoming?
Six steps, the same order every time, at the pace your match sets. Here is the road from first call to homecoming.
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First conversation and application
By phone or video from anywhere in Wyoming, Cheyenne to Sheridan. Surrogates begin an application; intended parents talk goals, timing, and the kind of relationship they hope to have with their surrogate. Nothing medical yet.
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Screening, remote first
Records review and psychological screening are arranged around your schedule, mostly from home. The in-person clinic evaluation at the California clinic is one of the planned trips, a connecting flight for most of Wyoming, with dates you will know well in advance.
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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 on each side
Each side retains its own attorney, and the gestational carrier agreement is completed and signed before any medications begin. In Wyoming this is also where your attorneys settle which parentage route your match runs on, and where compensation and expenses go into writing.
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Embryo transfer and pregnancy
The California clinic handles the medical cycle and the transfer. Then Wyoming takes over: your own OB, your own hospital, your own bed, in Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs, Sheridan or wherever home is, from the first heartbeat appointment to delivery, with your coordinator close to both sides throughout.
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Parentage and birth
Your attorneys ask the Wyoming district court for the parentage order, on Wyoming's timeline, so the intended parents are recognized as the child's parents, the birth certificate is issued accordingly, and the family goes home together. For the match that fits Wyoming's own defined gestational agreement, the birth certificate runs through the state office of vital records instead, with no court order needed.
A California team, honest about the miles
We are a surrogacy agency serving all of Wyoming from our home office in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend a Cheyenne or Casper storefront. Wyoming is a real flight away, with a connection for most of the state, so the program is built for it: phone and video for everything except the clinic steps, scheduled around your work and your kids, with trips planned well ahead.
When you reach out, a real person calls you back and stays your person, whether home is a street in Cheyenne, a neighborhood in Casper or Laramie, Gillette or Rock Springs, Sheridan or Jackson, Wyoming, or a town like Cody, Wyoming, Riverton, Wyoming or Evanston, Wyoming. The only steps that bring you to California are the clinic ones.
11989 Arrow Route, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
(626) 528-6868
Wyoming surrogacy, answered
Is surrogacy legal in Wyoming?
No Wyoming statute is written for surrogacy, and nothing in Wyoming law prohibits it. Wyoming's Parentage Act says it neither authorizes nor prohibits a gestational agreement, and Wyoming's vital-records law describes one specific kind of agreement, between two intended parents who have lived in Wyoming for a year, with compensation limited to pregnancy-related expenses, that can be handled administratively for the birth certificate; for every other match, parentage is settled by a court order your attorneys ask the district court to enter.
The record answers the question in its own terms, and your own Wyoming attorney applies it to your match, including which of the two routes your match runs on. For the state-by-state picture, see our surrogacy law guide.
Is Wyoming surrogacy friendly?
Families build through gestational surrogacy in Wyoming, and the record is specific rather than a verdict either way: no law prohibits it, the Parentage Act neither authorizes nor prohibits a gestational agreement, one statutory route exists for two Wyoming-resident intended parents whose agreement fits its conditions, and the parentage order your attorneys plan carries the weight for everyone else, so we build every Wyoming match around the agreement, independent counsel and that order.
That is a difference in how the certainty is built, not a barrier to building a family here. The depth lives on our surrogacy law guide.
What are the requirements to become a surrogate in Wyoming?
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.
Wyoming's only statutory age rule belongs to the parties to its own defined gestational agreement, and the state sets no other eligibility list, so those program guidelines plus medical and psychological screening carry the decision; our program's minimum age is 21 as a program fact. Every application is read by a person, not a filter; the surrogate eligibility guide handles the condition-by-condition questions.
How much do surrogates make in Wyoming?
How much do surrogates make in Wyoming is one of the first questions we hear, and the honest answer is personal: compensation is real, it is written into your agreement before any medications begin, and it is shaped by your situation.
It is held in escrow, you have your own attorney at the table, and in Wyoming the agreement is the document that spells it out, with your attorney walking you through how the state's two parentage routes bear on your agreement; we talk it through with you personally rather than posting numbers. The whole arc is on our become a surrogate page.
Do I have to travel to California?
Yes, for exactly two kinds of milestones: the first fertility-clinic appointments, including screening, and the embryo transfer, which happen at the California clinic; the pregnancy, your own OB and the delivery stay home in Wyoming.
From most of Wyoming that is a flight with one connection, through Denver or Salt Lake City; Jackson, Wyoming has seasonal nonstops to Los Angeles and San Diego, and we plan each trip with you well in advance.
How do intended parents in Cheyenne, Casper, or Laramie get started?
With a conversation. Consultations are remote or at our California home office, and from there we coordinate the match, the screening, the clinic, and the independent legal work, and your attorneys tell you which parentage route your match runs on.
We walk through costs before you commit: surrogate compensation is one part of the cost in Wyoming, and the clinic, the legal work, and your insurance shape the rest. Start on our intended parents page, see the full arc on how surrogacy works, or read the surrogacy costs guide.
Do you need a lawyer for surrogacy in Wyoming?
Every Lily Baby match includes independent counsel on each side, drafted before any medical step, and in Wyoming that matters even more: the one statute written for a gestational agreement covers one specific kind of match, so for everyone else the agreement and the parentage order your attorneys ask the district court to enter are what settle who the parents are.
Your attorneys draft the agreement, tell you which route your match runs on, and ask the Wyoming district court for the parentage order when that is the route. We coordinate the referrals so you are never hunting for counsel alone.
Get started in Wyoming
It starts with a conversation, from wherever you are in Wyoming. We listen first, then show you exactly what comes next, including what the trips look like from your airport and which route your match runs on.