Legal framework
Montana's parentage law does not provide a single comprehensive statutory gestational-surrogacy pathway covering eligibility, agreement formalities, compensation, parentage, and birth records in one framework.
Parentage procedure
The correct parentage process, jurisdiction, timing, and required documents should be confirmed with Montana reproductive counsel for the specific facts. This guide does not assume that a pre-birth order is available or guaranteed in a particular county.
Agreement review
The agreement should address compensation and expenses, insurance, medical decision-making, legal costs, dispute procedures, and parentage planning. The surrogate's medical decisions remain her own.
No county or family-structure ranking
This guide does not rank Montana counties or assign different legal scores based on whether intended parents are single, married, or LGBTQ+. Those facts may affect legal analysis, but they should be evaluated directly under current law rather than converted into a generalized rating.