Many types of "parents" exist. Learn about them & how to secure your parental rights in NY.

The LGBTQ Parent Dilemma: Why A Birth Certificate Is Not Enough. Learn about the importance of secured parentage.

The emotional side of surrogacy - what it's really like to be an intended but non-gestating mother on delivery day. Hang in there mom!

After going through rounds of IVF just to create them, or going through a donation process to make or obtain them, no one wants to think about any of those precious embryos sitting around frozen, all dressed up with no place to go. But if you're lucky enough to have remaining frozen embryos, think about that we must. As a recent article in The New York Times points out, what to do with remaining frozen embryos after family planning concludes, or who (if anyone) gets them if

Watch a new video interview of New York fertility attorney Jennifer Maas by Connecting Rainbows founder, Genevieve Shingle Jaffe, on what's new in New York surrogacy law. Jennifer shares her own story of being an intended parent in a surrogacy journey, and discusses how the new New York Law today allows for many intended parents--from gay men to heterosexual couples with fertility struggles to single parents--to have a much easier journey to secured pre-birth parentage (thou

For those in the LGBTQ+ community, there’s a lot more to starting a family than most people realize. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, confusing and expensive. But in the end, the goal is the same for everyone… happy & healthy children to raise and love. So, while the challenges are real, for those that choose to start a family, the end game is definitely worth it (terrible two's and tantrumming three's aside!). Let’s explore solutions to some common “issues” facing LGBTQ+

Many milestones have been reached in New York, but LGBTQ rights are hardly secure. It is as important as ever that non-gestating LGBTQ parents (even if on a birth certificate) ensure that they have secure parental rights adjudged in a court order, to keep their parentage protected in the event of travel, a move, or a change in law. Anything can happen and if it does, it’s crucial to know that you and your child have a clear legal bond which will allow you to make necessary

Help! The decision’s been made… I’m going the surrogacy route to have kids in New York. Now what? Explore the path of a big apple surrogacy journey for an intended parent who decides to match with a New York gestational surrogate under the new Child Parent Security Act. Contact the Law Office of Jennifer P. Maas, PLLC to discuss your options with a New York licensed family formation attorney. #intendedparent #surrogate #TTC #NewYorkFamily #LGBTQparenting #surrogacy #parentag

2? 3? 5? 10? How many people did it take to conceive and have your kids? For many, it can take a whole team to help get the job done—each playing a crucial role. Learn about all the potential teammates you may have when a family formation journey includes surrogacy. Contact the Law Office of Jennifer P. Maas, PLLC to discuss your options with a New York licensed family formation attorney. #intendedparent #surrogate #TTC #LGBTQFamilyFormation #LGBTQ #twomoms #twodads #Ne

Like countless other New Yorkers, I went to school, found my match, got married and then set down to the task of starting a family. Little did I know how much of a task it would actually turn out to be. Studies have shown that not only do people within the LGBTQ community have obvious roadblocks to having children, but also up to 1 in 8 couples struggle with infertility in some form or another, and have a harder time having children than expected. I found myself to be one o