JOY Law: Thinking about starting a family? Avoid a sticky situation with a donor agreement

Are you planning on starting your own rainbow family? Have you found a donor?  Do you have – or need – a donor agreement?

Kris talks to Jacq and Dene about sperm donor agreements. We chat about:

• clarifying the intention of the parties entering into a donor agreement
• the legal rights of the parties
• ‘known’ and ‘unknown’ donors
• relationships between ‘known’ donors and lesbian parents
• donors are not legally considered as parents under the law, so an intention to co-parent needs to be discussed and included in the agreement
• Prospective Lesbian Parenting Victoria (PLP) group, a friendly inclusive and informal group for lesbian/same-sex attracted women who are considering parenthood.

The team from KHQ Lawyers join Rach, Jacq and Dene for ‘JOY Law’, a regular segment where we discuss legal issues of interest to the LGBTI and ally community.

Join the team each Tuesday at 4.45pm on JOY 94.9 to learn more about:

• family law advice for rainbow families
• surrogacy
• sperm and egg donation agreements
• adoption and co-parenting
• estate planning
• succession planning, and
• taxation.

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Want to ask the team a question to discuss on-air? Email JOYlaw@joy.org.au

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