Donor and co-parenting law services
We are the UK's leading experts in donor conception and co-parenting law. We were at the forefront of creating the new law on donor conception introduced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, with Natalie twice quoted in Parliament, interviewed as a leading spokesperson across the national media, and nominated by Stonewall as their Hero of the Year for her support of the new parenthood rights for same sex parents.
We have worked over many years with hundreds of families created through donor conception, including lesbian parents, solo mothers, heterosexual parents, and donors and co-parents, in both consensual and contested cases. We advised Andy Bathie, the sperm donor famously pursued for maintenance by the CSA. Our extensive experience gives us unrivalled expertise, not only in the law, but in the dynamics of co-parenting, same sex and solo parent families. We offer positive and sensible advice to help you build your family with the very best foundations, and strong and effective expert representation where things have gone wrong.
We advise Stonewall (we helped them write their Pregnant Pause guide for lesbian parents and their Gay Dads' Guide), the Donor Conception Network, the National Gamete Donation Trust (of which Helen is a trustee) and many other leading charities working in the field of donor conception and same sex parenting.
We can help you with:
- Donor conception and co-parenting planning, including bespoke preconception (donor and co-parenting) agreements
- Advice and representation if your relationship has broken down, including divorce, civil partnership dissolution, financial issues and arrangments for children
- Known donor disputes (including contact and child maintenance)
- Advising fertility clinics, charities and other professionals
- Drafting specialist wills
If you think we can help you, please contact us.
