Assisted Reproduction

Pennsylvania Assisted Reproduction Attorneys

Traditional and Gestational Surrogacy · Traditional and Same-Sex Couples

Our family lawyers place a premium on providing quality legal services with a personal touch to couples and families in Pennsylvania. When you contact us, you will find a comfortable, friendly atmosphere and a team of attorneys and staff who are ready to listen to your needs and are eager to help you achieve your dreams of having children. We understand the pressing desire to have a family, and we can help you make sure that a child brought into your family through assisted reproduction is truly yours through detailed surrogacy agreements and other legal documents.

At the Media, Pennsylvania, law firm of Berman & Asbel, LLP, we help married couples who are unable to have a baby address fertility problems by working with egg donors and surrogate mothers. Our attorneys also assist gay and lesbian couples who wish to have a baby. For every couple, we help with issues related to adoption, gestational surrogacy, and traditional surrogacy.

Contact Berman & Asbel, LLP today for a free initial consultation. Our assisted reproduction attorneys stand ready to help you and your family with all the legal issues associated with bringing a child into your family.

Our firm helps draft legal contracts and address family planning needs of people using assisted reproduction technology, such as traditional or gestational surrogacy, artificial insemination, and sperm and egg donation. There are many legal issues to consider in assisted reproduction that involves a third party: It is very important to have legal agreements with donors, the surrogate mother, and other involved parties. For example, a surrogate mother's husband, if she is married, must also sign legal papers. Our skilled assisted reproduction attorneys help draft the following documents:

• Pre-birth orders or surrogacy agreements, which are agreements before a pregnancy between a couple and the surrogate mother that the surrogate will give up parental and custody rights to the child (traditional surrogacy in which the surrogate provides the egg and is impregnated with the intended father's sperm)
• Gestational surrogacy agreements, which are agreements between a couple and a surrogate mother who is not the biological mother of the child (gestational surrogacy in which the child is carried to term by the surrogate after an embryo - usually formed with the intended parent's sperm and egg - is implanted in her uterus)
• Adoption documents, through which a second parent legally adopts a child carried by a surrogate and has legal custody
• Other important documents according to state adoption and surrogacy laws

We are especially attuned to non-traditional families that wish to have a child of their own. Our attorneys assist same-sex couples who want to have a baby who is the biological child of one of them. We draft agreements and adoption papers for two men using traditional surrogacy to have a child. For two women using a sperm donor, we help draft agreements that legally state that both women are the legal parents.

Sadly, there have been many stories about surrogate mothers who want to keep the baby, which caused hopeful families to experience emotional turmoil. With a precious child and your family at stake, it is very important to hire a lawyer with skill and experience in these delicate and important matters. Knowledge of the law and experience matter, so don't settle for anything less than working with the skilled attorneys at the Philadelphia law firm of Berman & Asbel, LLP.

Contact our firm today for a free initial consultation with one of our experienced assisted reproduction lawyers. At Berman & Asbel, LLP, we're here to listen, and we're here to help.