May 2008

Redefining Children and Issues in Today’s Estate Planning Documents

By Ellen Schiffer Berkowitz

As the definition of family becomes increasingly complex, so does the definition of children and further descendants. Who is (and who is not) deemed to be a legal child of a marriage has implications throughout family law. How the law treats adopted children, those born out of wedlock, those born as a result of egg and sperm donation, those born via surrogates and even children conceived after the death of a parent affects support obligations,…

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