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Declaration of Parentage: When Might I Need One?

Applications for a Declaration of Parentage can have significant and wide-ranging legal, practical, financial and emotional implications for individuals, parents, children and families. They can change established family history and introduce new narratives associated with adoption, unplanned pregnancy, secret love affairs, failed relationships and loss. They can uncover fertility fraud or even egg, sperm or embryo mix-ups at fertility clinics. They can also create complex issues with genetic relatives and legal family members.

Donor Conception Network’s 30th Anniversary

Louisa Ghevaert was delighted to attend the Donor Conception Network's 30th Anniversary celebration at 1GC Family Law in London on 23 June 2023. The event brought together donor conceived individuals and families, professionals, academics and supporters and highlighted the vital work being done by the Donor Conception Network across the UK.

Decoding The Future of Women 2023

Louisa Ghevaert attended Decoding the Future of Women, a health tech conference, on 12 June 2023 during London Tech Week. Its mission was to positively change the FemTech sector by changing the narrative and addressing key issues and themes. What does the future hold for women? What does future fertility, longevity, scientific discovery and sustainability look like? It asked contributors (including investors, corporate innovators and cutting-edge start-ups) to bring their most visionary self to the conference. The results were fascinating insights about what an empowered female future looks like.

2nd International Surrogacy Forum, Copenhagen, June 2023

Louisa Ghevaert was delighted to attend and join the debate at the 2nd International Surrogacy Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 8-9 June 2023. The theme of the Forum was "Global surrogacy in a changing world - ethical. practical and legal developments in assisted reproduction and cross-border parenthood". The 2nd International Surrogacy Forum in Copenhagen was hosted by Aalborg University and Nordic Centre for International and Comparative Family Law (NorFam). It was co-organized by NorFam with Cambridge Family Law (CFL), the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA).

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