In New York, intended parents can establish legal parentage through the process of obtaining pre-birth or post-birth parentage orders from the court, consistent with the requirements described above under “Surrogacy Laws in New York”. This process typically involves filing a petition with the court that outlines the surrogacy arrangement. The court then reviews the petition and, if it meets the necessary criteria, issues an order that legally recognizes the intended parents as the legal parents of the child.