Assisted Reproductive Technology and Estate Planning (including same sex couples)
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Estate Planning (including same sex couples).
According to the CDC, in 2017, 1.9% of all infants born in the United States were conceived with the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). New York recently passed legislation that legalizes gestational surrogacy. Learn more about the cutting-edge estate planning issues involving the use of ART as well as the special estate planning needs of blended families.
Chances are that we all have clients that have used ART, and we as advisors should be prepared to assist our clients in planning for this special “asset”.
Please join our experts, Carole Bass of Sullivan & Worcester LLP, and Alexis Cirel of Warshaw Burstein, LLP for an in-depth discussion of ART, the legal issues it poses, and the emerging laws that have been passed to assuage such issues. This program will explore:
- · Estate Planning Repercussions of ART
- · Family Law Repercussions of ART
- · Contracts and other legal documents that control reproductive material
- · Disposition of reproductive material upon death or divorce
- · New York’s new Child-Parent Security Act and the material requirements of the new law
- · …and more!
Carole Bass, Esq. Bio
Carole M. Bass is a partner in the Trusts & Estates Department of the New York office of Sullivan & Worcester. Carole’s practice focuses on advising high net worth clients in all aspects of estate and wealth transfer planning. In addition, Carole assists clients in the administration of estates and trusts and represents clients in the preparation and negotiation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Carole is well known for advising clients on cutting-edge estate planning issues involving the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and frequently lectures on topics relating to ART, estate planning and divorce, and premarital agreements.
Carole is a peer-elected Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the ACTEC Family Law Taskforce. She is also the Co-Chair of the CLE Standing Committee of the ABA Real Property Trusts & Estate Section and a member of the board of the Women Rainmakers Committee of the ABA Law Practice Division.
Alexis L. Cirel, Esq. Bio:
Alexis L. Cirel is a partner in the Matrimonial and Family Law Group and Practice Leader of the Fertility Law Group at Warshaw Burstein, LLP in Manhattan. In addition to her matrimonial practice, Alexis is a recognized leader in the quickly evolving area of reproductive family law in New York. She was instrumental in the recent passage of the Child-Parent Security Act, legislation that legalizes gestational surrogacy in New York and ensures protections for New York families formed through the use of assisted reproduction, including being appointed to the Campaign Leadership Committee of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to pass the law.
Alexis is deeply committed to providing compassionate legal advice to all clients - whether they are going through a marriage dissolution or embarking on an exciting but complicated journey to building a family through third party assisted reproduction arrangements. Alexis prides herself on being a passionate advocate and counselor who applies her technical and substantive litigation skills both effectively and empathetically.
Alexis is a co-chair of the Surrogacy Subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, and a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Matrimonial Committee, the Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Family Law, the American Bar Association’s Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York’s Health and Reproductive Rights Committee. She is a former co-chair of the New York Women’s Bar Association’s Judiciary Committee, a Peeps Board Member of the Chick Mission, Inc. (a nonprofit organization focused on fertility preservation for cancer patients), and she serves on the Grant Committee for Men Having Babies Gay Parenting Assistance Program.
This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1 hour of total CLE credit. Of these, 0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism, and 0 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in civil trial law, criminal trial law, workers compensation law, municipal court law, and/or matrimonial law.
CFP and CPA continuing education credit will be offered for this presentation pending approval.
