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A few takeaways from the Conclusions & Decisions of the HCCH governing body (CGAP – 2026 meeting): parentage/surrogacy, jurisdiction project, cross-border recognition and enforcement of protection orders and a Note on the Trusts Convention
By Mayela Celis
This week the Conclusions & Decisions (C&D) of the <a HCCH governing body, the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP or Council), were published. Click the links below for…
Family and Fertility Australia Blog
My Surrogacy Reform Wish List for Australia
By Stephen Page
Australia’s surrogacy framework is fragmented, outdated and producing avoidable harm for intended parents, surrogates and, most importantly, children. A clearer, fairer and nationally consistent approach to surrogacy law reform would…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parness: “At Birth Childcare Parentage in Assisted Reproduction Births”
By Family Law
Jeffrey A. Parness (Northern Illinois University College of Law) has recently posted to SSRN his paper, At Birth Childcare Parentage in Assisted Reproduction Births. Here is the abstract:Artificial insemination births…
Family Law Prof Blog
Gallanis: “Posthumous Pregnancy and Uniform Law”
By Family Law
Thomas P. Gallanis (George Mason University- Antonin Scalia Law School) has recently posted to SSRN his paper, Posthumous Pregnancy and Uniform Law. Here is the abstract:The Uniform Parentage Act (2017)…
Family Law Prof Blog
Strauss: “Reconstructing Parentage”
By Family Law
Gregg Strauss (University of Virginia School of Law)'s recently published his book, "Reconstructing Parentage.”The book description is as follows:“Reconstructing Parentage is a comprehensive investigation into what makes someone a parent.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parness: “Nonadoptive Second Parent Choices After Birth”
By Family Law
Jeffrey A. Parness (Northern Illinois University - College of Law) has recently posted to SSRN his paper, Nonadoptive Second Parent Choices After Birth. Here is the abstract:Increasingly state laws recognize…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice
An emotionally devastating story of two couples who discovered a shocking error at their fertility clinic: their embryos had been switched, leading each family to unknowingly raise the other’s genetic…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book by Pamela Laufer-Ukeles on “Families, Relational Attachments, and the Law of Collaborative Family-Making”
By Jamie Abrams
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles has published a new book with Routledge titled "Families, Relational Attachments, and the Law of Collaborative Family-Making." Available here. This book points to a crisis at the heart of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Building the Constitutional Canon for Children’s Rights
By Family Law
From Family Law JOTWELL:When I teach canonical parentage and child custody cases such as Michael H. v. Gerald D. or Troxel v. Granville, I ask the class what they know…
Family Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Parentage Act
By Family Law
From Massachusetts Legislature Press Room: The Massachusetts Legislature today passed An Act to ensure legal parentage equality, extending the full rights of parentage to LGBTQ+ families and families created via assisted…