Does Child Inherit from Sperm Donor ? Actor Jason Patric Involved in “Family” Lawsuit
Actor Jason Patric is involved in “family litigation.” Check out this LA Times article about actor Jason Patric and his legal battle over a child who was conceived with sperm he donated. Who does a child created by artificial insemination inherit from? This is what some probate and estate lawyers refer to as the “new biology.”
Who Are Your Heirs?
- Your children are your heirs
- Your adopted children are your heirs
- In Florida, if you are a parent, you can terminate your parental rights
- Generally, a Florida probate or estate will try to determine beneficiaries
- When heirs at law are in doubt, the Palm Beach personal representative of the Palm Beach probate may file what is referred to as a “Petition to Determine Beneficiaries”
Who Inherits from Your Estate ?
- Sperm donors and women who carry children for others may have legal standing to assert rights to those children they “create”
- Q: can you limit or give away your right to a child you help create by a contract?
- Does a child you help create for another inherit from your estate?
- Q: who do you give notice to if you have a Palm Beach probate or a probate administration?
Helping to create a child for another, or another couple, not only deals with issues of whose child is it….but….after someone dies…..who can inherit from your estate?
Here is the link to read the article from the LA Times.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/06/local/la-me-sperm-donor-20130707