The attorneys of Jerner & Palmer, P.C. have represented clients seeking to become parents through alternative reproduction technologies such as alternative insemination using sperm from known and anonymous sperm donors, surrogacy and gestational carrier arrangements. Our firm has represented intended parents (those who are seeking to become parents through the use of alternative insemination, traditional surrogacy or gestational carrier arrangements), sperm donors and egg donors.
Pennsylvania does not have a statute governing assisted reproduction arrangements. Typically, the biological relationship between a parent and a child governs parental rights absent an adoption or court order regarding legal parenthood. Therefore, it is critically important that prospective intended parents interested in using assisted reproduction technology speak with an attorney who is knowledgeable in this new and emerging area of law. The attorneys of Jerner & Palmer, P.C. practice on the cutting edge of this field and have helped clients form their families in a variety of different ways, ensuring that intended parents obtain legal rights to the children they are creating through assisted reproduction.
Alternative Insemination with Known and Anonymous Sperm Donors
Jerner & Palmer, P.C. has represented same-sex couples, married couples and transgender individuals in forming families through alternative insemination and the use of both anonymous and known sperm donors. The attorneys of Jerner & Palmer, P.C. have drafted known sperm donor insemination contracts for clients and subsequently obtained terminations of the known donors' parental rights through second-parent adoptions.
Surrogacy
Jerner & Palmer, P.C. has represented same-sex couples seeking to become parents through the use of a traditional surrogate, whereby a woman agrees to conceive and carry a child through pregnancy and then place the child for adoption with the intended parents.
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Gestational Carrier Actions
Jerner and Palmer, P.C. has represented same-sex couples seeking to become parents through the use of a gestational carrier, whereby a woman agrees to carry a child, conceived through assisted reproduction using an egg donor, for the intended parents. In many counties in Pennsylvania, the intended parents may petition the court for a pre-birth order to name the intended parents as legal parents and to have the intended parents' names appear on the original birth certificate of the child.For more information call us at (215)843-6000 or fill out our Contact Form. |
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