Assisted reproductive technology has dramatically changed the concept of family. And it wasn’t until the Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) went into effect that the law in New York finally caught up with how children are being conceived.

But what happens if the parents of a child conceived with assisted reproduction get divorced?

Denise Seidelman is Cofounder of Rumbold and Seidelman, a firm specializing in adoption and reproductive law.

She served on the Board of Trustees for the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and was one of three attorneys who drafted the CPSA.

On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Denise joins Katherine to share the definition of assisted reproduction and explain how it works biologically and legally.

She describes how the Child-Parent Security Act revised parentage law, creating security for intended parents using assisted reproduction and making compensated surrogacy legal in New York.

Listen in for insight into how assisted reproduction impacts marriages and find out what happens to a frozen embryo in the event of a divorce.

Topics Covered

The definition of assisted reproduction and how it works biologically and legally

Why genetics is no longer a factor in determining who’s a parent

How the Child-Parent Security Act revised parentage law in New York State

What the CPSA does to create security for parents of children conceived via assisted reproduction

Examples of difficult legal cases involving sperm donors before the CPSA

What it means to have a child through surrogacy

How the CPSA made compensated surrogacy legal in New York

The protections for surrogates and intended parents in the new law

How assisted reproduction impacts marriages

Denise’s insight on what happens to a frozen embryo in the event of a divorce

Connect with Denise Seidelman

Rumbold & Seidelman:

https://adoptionlawny.com/

Rumbold & Seidelman on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/adoptionlawnynj

Rumbold & Seidelman on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/RumboldandSeidelman

Connect with Katherine Miller

The Center for Understanding Conflict: http://understandinginconflict.org/

Miller Law Group: https://westchesterfamilylaw.com/

Katherine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kemiller1

The New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorkers-Guide-Collaborative-Divorce/dp/0692496246

Email: [email protected]

Call (914) 738-7765

Resources

The Child-Parent Security Act:

https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/child_parent_security_act/