Michelle Kinney and Catherine Wong discuss the legal recognition of three-parent families and how BC courts are handling parenting disputes in a diverse family landscape where family law, fertility law and assisted reproduction intersect. I, Michelle Kinney, am honored to be quoted in a recent Canadian Affairs article titled “Three-Parent Families Treated Like Any Other […]
Have questions about the law in BC and Canada about surrogacy, sperm donation or egg and embryo donation? See this fact sheet by Michelle Kinney, Victoria based fertility lawyer, of Michelle Kinney Law. This Fact Sheet is for you if you are: Disclaimer: All material contained in the Fact Sheet is for general informational […]
Want to learn more about the law respecting family-building through assisted reproduction? View the PPT from Michelle Kinney and Christine Murray, from their presentation and the University of Victoria Law School. _2024 MK_CM Fertility Presentation Enjoy!
The following excerpt was written and provided by Heath Canada: On July 12, 2017, Health Canada launched a 60-day online consultation, inviting interested stakeholders to provide comments on the Department’s key policy proposals to update and strengthen the Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Act. The online consultation provided Canadians with an opportunity to review and submit […]
April 20, 2017 It is illegal to pay surrogacy fees in B.C. – one is only allowed to pay for the expenses a gestational carrier has in relation to her pregnancy. But the B.C. Supreme Court ruled this week that a woman who was pregnant when she was in a car accident, but who could […]
On October 21, 2016, I was honored to speak at the American Bar Association’s 2016 Fall Family Law Section CLE Conference on an international panel “The Commonwealth of ART”. The panel explored the similarities and differences between the Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom as they approach difficult issues related to law […]
