Greenspoon Marder Partner Marla Neufeld Interviewed in The Slow Newscast, Discusses Controversial Legal Precedent Set in the Field of Posthumous Reproduction

Jul 17, 2023

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – July 17, 2023 – Greenspoon Marder Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology practice group founder and partner Marla Neufeld was recently interviewed in “The Slow Newscast,” a podcast show from Tortoise, discussing the legal issues surrounding the recent posthumous conception case of Spanish celebrity Ana Obregón. Obregón, at age 68, made headlines as the socialite had a child via surrogacy with the genetics of a donor egg and the sperm of her son, Aless, who passed away three years earlier in 2020 at the age of 27 from cancer. The episode introduces Ms. Neufeld at the 30:39-minute mark as she analyzes the 2019 New York Supreme Court Matter of Zhu, a legal precedent in the field of posthumous reproduction where the parents of deceased West Point cadet Peter Zhu were allowed to retrieve genetic material, specifically sperm, for third party reproduction as their son was dying from a ski accident. The full episode discusses the new frontiers of fertility and reproduction technology, and how it challenges the current ideas and concepts of family, motherhood, and the law.

To listen to the full podcast episode, please click here.

Ms. Neufeld utilizes her transactional law background and combines it with her compassion and understanding of the surrogacy and adoption process by focusing on helping others start a family using the available third-party reproductive technologies and adoption laws. Legal services offered by Ms. Neufeld include representation on behalf of intended parents, surrogates, egg, sperm, and embryo donation agreements, finalization of parental rights proceedings, and adoption proceedings in Florida (same-sex adoptions, stepparent adoptions, and second-parent adoptions).

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