Pennsylvania Appellate Court Issues Important Win For Parents Using Assisted Reproduction Above the LawJanelle DoddJanuary 18, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, court of appeals, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, legal dispute, contract, legal contract, agreement, written contract, written agreement, consent, designation of embryos, custody, custody dispute, custodial rights, disposition of embryos, offspring, parallel language, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Junior v. Glover, genetic, genetics, genetic connection, dna, nonbiological parent, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, marital assumption, nonbirthing parent, Pennsylvania law, Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, AAML, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorney, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Philadelphia Family Pride, intent-based parentage, CJ v JH, Judge J. King, Helen Casale, same-sex couple
Oklahoma Court Grants Parental Rights To Sperm Donor; Removes Second Mom From Birth Certificate Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 23, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, fertility, infertility, attorney, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donation, known sperm donor agreement, sperm donation contract, donation, same-sex parents, same-sex, same-sex couple, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donors, Anonymous Sperm donors, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous gamete donation, donor anonymity, second-parent adoption, second parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parentage, parental rights, legal parent, legal parents, legal parentage rights, parenthood, Rebekah Wilson, Kris Williams, Uniform Parentage Act, Noel Tucker, Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, Idaho, Idaho Supreme Court, Colorado, Connecting Rainbows, Genavieve Jaffe, Gena Jaffe, US Donor Conceived Council, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, family law, family court, family building for gay couples, birth certificate, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, non-genetically related parents
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above the LawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbt parenting, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas, same-sex parents, same-sex, same-sex couple, Congress, Respect for Marriage Act, Defense of Marriage Act, Windsor, marriage, same-sex marriage, Diane Hinson, Deborah Wald, parentage, Surrogacy, surrogate