Trans or Non‑binary

About You

Specialist fertility and family law advice can help manage a range of legal and wider issues associated with a change in gender or non-binary status, including:

• Tailored advice about family building options and law as a trans or non-binary individual.
• Tailored advice about fertility preservation options and law as a trans or non-binary individual.
• Giving informed legal (as opposed to medical) consent to fertility treatment at a UK fertility clinic as a trans or non-binary individual (including storage and use of gametes and embryos).
• Legal issues and process to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate.
• Whether a young person has capacity to consent to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone treatment and should proceed with treatment for gender reassignment purposes.
• Legal issues associated with egg/sperm/embryo donation, known donation and co-parenting arrangements following gender reassignment.
• Legal difficulties associated with birth registration of a child following an acquired gender.
• Legal parentage issues and disputes (e.g. declaration of parentage, step-parent adoption or parentage dispute with an ex-partner, donor or surrogate) as a result of an acquired gender.
• Care and upbringing of children following a dispute with an ex-partner, parent, donor or surrogate (e.g. contact, residence, financial arrangements, parental responsibility, specific issue or prohibited steps order).

We can provide expert bespoke legal solutions and a range of flexible legal services to suit your needs and wishes. We can work with you from pre-conception, during pregnancy and throughout parenthood to create and safeguard your much wanted family.

Click here to read more about fertility preservation and treatment law for trans and non-binary individuals.