In the District of Columbia, a favorable law toward gestational surrogacy was passed in April 2017. D.C. statue DC Law § 21-0255 codified the legality of the practice and clarified parental rights as belonging to those of the intended parents.
The legality of traditional (genetic) surrogacy in the District of Columbia is covered in the statute and requires that court parentage orders not be issued until 48 hours after the birth of the child.
In either case, the D.C. statue requires separate legal counsel, for each party, knowledgeable of reproductive law in the state.