Am I the Daddy? A New Ruling From the Arizona Supreme Court Says “Yes.”

The Arizona Supreme Court recently heard a case involving a biological father’s parenting rights [1]. After the mother offered the child to Adoption Choices of Arizona (“Choices”), the organization petitioned to terminate the father’s parenting rights. Choices contended that the father missed the 30 day deadline imposed for putative fathers and forfeited any claim of […]
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Arizona: Full of Financial Barriers and Frozen Futures

What is IVF? A commonly used acronym, IVF refers to “in vitro fertilization.” IVF is a process by which mature eggs are taken from a person’s ovaries and fertilized with sperm in a lab to create one or more embryos. These embryos are then frozen until the prospective carrier receives medicine designed to prepare their […]
Three Parent Birth Certificates: Extending Rights Beyond the Two-Parent Family

With a new generation of parents deciding to explore familial arrangements outside the traditional two-parent family, a multitude of issues relating to custody and caretakers have also emerged within the past decade. In California, a 2013 law allowed for more than two individuals to be recognized as parents of a child if they can establish […]