Category: Family Law
The American Bar Association Conference Update
Rich Vaughn with Carole A. Bass and Steven Weissman were panelists at the annual Continuing Legal Education Conference of the American Bar Association in Philadelphia on Oct. 12, speaking on “What Every Assisted [...]
Texas Surrogacy Case Highlights Need for Legal Agreement
Since there appears to have been neither a written gestational agreement nor court preapproval in this tragic Texas case, the parentage of the child may be determined under Texas laws predating the state's adoption of the [...]
Governor Signs California Surrogacy Bill
Just signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the new law is the most significant surrogacy legislation ever enacted in California and may serve as a model for legislation in other states, offering legal protection for family formation [...]
‘New Normal’ Promises to Expand Concept of Family
The show features a non-traditional “family” that includes a gay male couple, the surrogate with whom they are having a baby, the surrogate’s young daughter, the surrogate’s disapproving and deeply prejudiced mother, [...]
Utah’s ‘Normal’ Narrowly Defined
As demonstrated by the state legislature’s commendable move to protect all parties in surrogacy arrangements by passing AB 1217, California non-traditional families are lucky. In contrast, in Salt Lake City, Utah, The New [...]