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Embryo Adoptions and
Donations
Couples
who have undergone IVF will generally have pre-embryos cryopreserved.
Sometimes they will have pre-embryos that are not used by them. These
pre-embryos may be used by other intended parents via adoptions of the
pre-embryos and donations of the pre-embryos.
Parties
to adoptions and donations should have contracts drafted delineating intent
and setting forth rights and the waiver of rights.
Couples
who have pre-embryos cryopreserved should address the disposition of the
pre-embryos in their wills. Couples should contemplate whether they want a
child born from ART after their death, and if so, whether they want those
children to inherit even if the child is born years after the death of a
parent.
Couples
with cryopreserved pre-embryos should also enter into agreements regarding
the disposition of the pre-embryos in the case of divorce. | 
