Robin represents LGBTQ individuals and couples in sperm, egg, and embryo donations and surrogacies. Her New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania LGBTQ clients are highly successful at becoming parents through surrogacy and donation.

Stepparent and Second Parent Adoption and Orders of Parentage

If a child is born into your marriage or civil union, an order of adoption or parentage is still a requirement to create legal parentage for the parent who did not give birth to the child or has no genetic relationship to the child. Following the United States Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutional right to gay marriage, recent LGBTQ-friendly legislation in New Jersey and New York, and court decisions in Pennsylvania, you have the right to obtain an order of adoption or parentage.

Birth certificates are rarely recognized as proof of parentage. This means that, if you are a non-birth parent of a child in an LGBTQ family, you must use a second parent adoption or parentage proceeding to secure your legal parentage rights to your child.

Surrogacy and Assisted Reproduction

Robin helps LGBTQ individuals and couples to become parents through sperm, egg, and embryo donation as well as surrogacy. Protecting your rights as a parent is Robin’s highest priority and is especially complex for LGBTQ families in the cutting edge area of assisted reproduction. Robin will insure that you obtain a court order establishing you as the legal parent of your child.

As a member of The LGBT Family Law Institute, a joint venture of the LGBT Bar and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Robin collaborates with other experienced LGBTQ family formation practitioners to share collective wisdom and to discuss cutting-edge legal strategies for representing members of the LGBTQ community.