Assisted Reproductive Technology Law
We represent intended parents, gestational carriers, traditional surrogates, and donors whether the parties have been matched privately or via an agency.
We assist clients with the following:
- Gestational and Traditional Surrogacy Agreements
- Egg Donor Agreements
- Sperm Donor Agreements
- Embryo Donation Agreements
- Birth Certificates and Parentage Orders
- Hospital Coordination
- Review of Insurance Coverage and Healthcare Options
Adoption Law
We represent adoptive parents, agencies and birth parents in the following types of adoptions:
- Parental placement adoptions (also known as private adoption) which involve a birth parent choosing the adoptive parent or parents directly
- Agency adoptions, which may be “open” or “closed” where the birth parent enters into an agreement with an adoption agency or Department of Social Services and the agency or Department places the child with adoptive parents
- Stepparent and Second Parent adoptions occurring when a parent desires for his or her child to be adopted by his or her spouse
- Close-relative adoptions involving adoption by a child’s grandparents, great-grandparents, adult aunts or uncles, adult great-aunts or great-uncles or adult nieces, nephews, or siblings of the adoptee
- Adult adoptions which create a familial bond between adults with a prior relationship
Estate Planning
We assist our clients with the following estate planning documents which are often important components of a surrogacy or adoption:
- Advance Medical Directives
- Powers of Attorney
- Wills
Name Changes
We assist our clients who are seeking a name change for themselves or for a child.
