Wednesday February 20th, 2019
Wednesday February 20th, 2019
NBC News recently shared the story of Ted Wood, an attorney in Sacramento who submitted a home DNA test to Ancestry.com. As an adoptee himself, […]
Friday February 8th, 2019
Friday February 8th, 2019
DNA tests, now readily available from the comfort of our own homes, offer a window into our ancestral heritage and, with some providers, a glimpse […]
Tuesday February 20th, 2018
Tuesday February 20th, 2018
A NY appellate court ruled recently that a sperm donor does not have any parental rights over the biological child who was conceived using his […]
Thursday January 11th, 2018
Thursday January 11th, 2018
Women who choose artificial insemination from anonymous sperm donors should be able to rely on the information they’re given from the fertility clinic or doctor […]
Monday January 8th, 2018
The mission for The Surrogacy Law Center this year remains the same: To help as many people as possible achieve the family they always dreamed […]
Wednesday December 27th, 2017
Wednesday December 27th, 2017
For The Surrogacy Law Center 2017 was a year of moves. The Law firm moved to a new offices in Carlsbad that offers the staff […]
Friday October 13th, 2017
Friday October 13th, 2017
Xytex Corporation, a cryobank based in Georgia, settled negligence lawsuits aimed at the cryobank’s failure to property screen a sperm donor who had a criminal […]
Wednesday October 11th, 2017
Wednesday October 11th, 2017
An open house is being held to announce The Estate Planning & Legacy Law Center’s Grand Opening and The Surrogacy Law Center’s new Carlsbad location […]
Thursday April 20th, 2017
Thursday April 20th, 2017
The legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 did not address same-sex parenting in the United States. For those couples, the legal gap between marriage and […]
Monday February 27th, 2017
Monday February 27th, 2017
In two separate parts of the world, surrogacy bans and issuance of birth certificates continue to wreak havoc on parents wanting to return home with […]
Saturday January 28th, 2017
Saturday January 28th, 2017
A Canadian court will soon decide if a sperm donor, who claims that he never intended to parent, will be required to retroactively pay child […]
Wednesday November 30th, 2016
Wednesday November 30th, 2016
After a four-year legal battle, Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary Mattivi ruled that Topeka sperm donor, William Marotta, is not the legal father of […]
Tuesday November 8th, 2016
Tuesday November 8th, 2016
According to CBC News, a possible class-action lawsuit against former fertility doctor, Norman Barwin of Ottawa, Canada, alleges he impregnated two patients with his own […]
Friday October 21st, 2016
Friday October 21st, 2016
CBS News recently explained there is “limited government oversight” in the sperm bank industry. Around the country, lawsuits have emerged for various reasons including lost […]
Tuesday October 11th, 2016
Tuesday October 11th, 2016
Many former same-sex couples are fighting—and winning—legal parentage for the children they helped raised, despite having no biological relation to them nor having ever adopted […]
Tuesday October 4th, 2016
Tuesday October 4th, 2016
Retired fertility doctor Donald Cline , who retired in 2009 and whose medical practice was based in Indianapolis recently entered a not guilty plea on […]