Sanford Benardo to Guest on “The View”

Posted by ACARAL on June 22nd, 2011 in ACARAL News, Popular Culture, Surrogacy | No Comments »

Sanford M. Benardo, Esq, president of ACARAL and Northeast Assisted Fertility Group, will be a guest on ABC’s The View.

Airing Friday, June 24th at 11:00 AM the episode will focus on Surrogacy and will also be co-hosted by special guest Giuliana Rancic. The episode will also be available to watch on The View‘s website.

New Jersey – Woman Who Conceived Child With Donated Sperm and Turkey Baster Could Not Terminate Sperm Donor’s Parental Rights

Posted by Adam Sklar on June 13th, 2011 in Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, Noteworthy Decisions | No Comments »

A New Jersey Court refused to terminate the parental rights of a sperm donor at the request of the donor and the mother of the child who was conceived with the aid of a turkey baster.

Opinion available below:

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New Jersey: Intended Mother Not Biologically Related to Child Must Adopt

Posted by Adam Sklar on February 24th, 2011 in Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, Egg Donation, Embryo Donation, Legislation, Noteworthy Decisions, Surrogacy | No Comments »

The appellate division held that a married woman had to adopt her husband’s child.

The child was created with her husband’s sperm and a donor egg.   The resultant embryo was [...] Continue Reading…

Justification for the Surrogacy Exclusion

Posted by Sanford Benardo on February 4th, 2011 in Surrogacy | No Comments »

Hard as it may seem for a surrogacy lawyer to write, insurance companies should not underwrite prenatal care and delivery expenses for surrogates. [...] Continue Reading…

Gay Adoption Case Originating in Louisiana Back Before Federal Appeals Court

Posted by Adam Sklar on January 19th, 2011 in Adoption | No Comments »

Despite rulings from a Federal District Court and the Appellate Division of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Louisiana insists that the names of a child’s parents cannot be [...] Continue Reading…

Connecticut Supreme Court Honors Gestational Surrogacy Agreement Establishing Parentage

Posted by Adam Sklar on January 13th, 2011 in Assisted Reproduction, Noteworthy Decisions, Surrogacy, Technology | 1 Comment »

The Connecticut Supreme Court, on January 7, 2011, held that a gay man, not biologically related to his twins, could have his name placed on their birth certificates establishing legal parentage over them [...] Continue Reading…

ACARAL Members on Albany Law School Panel

Posted by Sanford Benardo on October 14th, 2010 in Adoption, Egg Donation | No Comments »

The Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology has dedicated its 20th anniversary symposium to assisted reproductive technology; Theresa Erickson and Sanford Benardo will be speaking. [...] Continue Reading…

Surrogacy & Egg Donation Without Legal Representation

Posted by Sanford Benardo on December 14th, 2009 in Egg Donation, Surrogacy | 2 Comments »

Intended parents should consider the benefits of experienced legal representation, and think twice before cutting legal corners to try to save money. [...] Continue Reading…

Embryo Donation: No “Adoption” Required

Posted by Milena O'Hara on December 2nd, 2009 in Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, Embryo Donation, Embryo Storage | 1 Comment »

Embryos may be donated, without the need for adoption. Parties with excess embryos shouldn’t be dissuaded from giving them to an infertile person. [...] Continue Reading…

Press Release: ACARAL Stands by Independent Adoption

Posted by ACARAL on September 30th, 2009 in ACARAL News | No Comments »

New York adoption lawyer Kevin Cohen has allegedly stolen thousands of dollars from trusting, hopeful adoptive parents while promising them newborns that never existed. Despite the fact that these [...] Continue Reading…