Unmarried father may enforce paternity agreement 
Published: January 23, 2013
Tags: custody, in vitro fertilization, paternity, visitation
The unmarried father of a child conceived through in vitro fertilization could seek to enforce an agreement with the mother acknowledging his paternity, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
After-born twins can’t get survivors’ benefits
Published: January 2, 2013
Tags: heirs, in vitro fertilization, Social Security
Twins who were conceived by in vitro fertilization after their father’s death are not “heirs” who qualify for Social Security survivors’ benefits, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court.
Supreme Court rules: State law trumps biology
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 30, 2012
Tags: assisted reproductive technologies, estate planning, family law, in vitro fertilization, intestacy, Social Security, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – As the use of assisted reproductive technologies continues to increase, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has family and estate planning attorneys warning their clients of unforeseen consequences from decades-old federal and state laws governing children’s benefits.
Posthumously conceived kids not entitled to benefits
Published: May 21, 2012
Tags: in vitro fertilization, Social Security benefits, Supreme Court
The Social Security Administration reasonably interpreted federal law in determining that only children supported by a deceased wage earner in his or her lifetime are entitled to Social Security benefits, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Genetic mother entitled to declaration of maternity
Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: gestational carrier, in vitro fertilization
State courts had the authority to declare the maternity of a woman whose genetic child was conceived through in vitro fertilization and carried and delivered by a gestational carrier, Maine’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Frozen embryos belong to wife following divorce
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: divorce, in vitro fertilization
A wife whose cancer treatment prevented her from having children was entitled to embryos produced through in vitro fertilization before her husband filed for divorce, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Do posthumously conceived twins have benefit rights?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 19, 2012
Tags: in vitro fertilization, intestacy, Social Security benefits, state law, Supreme Courts
WASHINGTON – At oral arguments Monday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed disinclined to grant Social Security survivor benefits to twin babies born via artificial insemination more than a year after their father died.
Husband must pay for twins from in vitro fertilization
Published: March 19, 2012
Tags: child support, in vitro fertilization
A husband who consented to the artificial insemination of his wife using donor sperm and eggs cannot avoid paying child support for twins born as a result of the procedure, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Posthumously conceived child can’t get benefits
Published: April 19, 2011
Tags: in vitro fertilization, Social Security benefits
A child conceived through in vitro fertilization six years after her father’s death is not entitled to survivors’ benefits under the Social Security Act, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Posthumous child not entitled to Social Security
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: June 18, 2009
Tags: in vitro fertilization, Social Security
A child posthumously conceived four years after her father’s death and without his consent is not entitled to Social Security survivor benefits, the 9th Circuit has ruled.
