A New York gay lawyer who made an agreement with his niece that she would bear a child for him through gestational surrogacy won a ruling from Minnesota’s Court of Appeals on December 11, approving custody and full parental rights.
Remainder of Article as follows:

http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19133589&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568860&rfi=6

Legal opinion is as follows:

http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctapun/0712/opa070452-1211.htm

Congrats to my friend and fellow counsel, Steve Snyder, on this big win!