CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Michelle Kinney — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver

Baby Steps to Making Babies: What You Need to Know About the Fertility Clinic Process and Non-Clinic Options

• the fertility clinic process from initial consultation to conception
• medical consents, intake process, and costs
• role of nurses and nurse coordinators
• counselling support and psychological/emotional considerations 
• personal accounts of choosing to use a fertility clinic vs. non-clinic process
• non-clinic options and considerations

Facilitator: Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver
Tracey Anderson — Nurse/Manager, Donor Egg/Gestational Surrogacy Program Coordinator, Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine (PCRM), Burnaby
Dr. Jon Havelock — Co-Director, Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine (PCRM), Burnaby
Monique Shebbeare — Monique Shebbeare Law Corporation, Vancouver
Holly Yager, MEd, RCC, CCC — Registered Clinical Counsellor, Well Woman Counselling, Vancouver

Networking Break

The Law 101: Legal Framework

• overview of Part 3, Parentage, of the Family Law Act
• overview of the Federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act
• short history of parentage and fertility laws and the Uniform Law Conference of Canada Uniform Child Status Act
• legal status of genetic material
• wills and estates considerations
• FLA and WESA
• a view from the east—comparison with Ontario

Lynda Cassels — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Sara R. Cohen — D2Law LLP, Toronto
Michelle Kinney — Cassels Murray, Victoria

Making Legal Parents—Vital Statistics and the Registration Process

• birth registration process
• just the facts—statistics
• problems, trends, and tips

Facilitator: Lynda Cassels — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Ingrid Bloomfield — Regional Manager, Vital Statistics Agency, Kelowna

Networking Lunch

It's a Big World—Money and Borders

• jurisdictional issues when intended parent(s), gametes, donors, and surrogates are not all in BC
• which law applies to use of gametes, financial arrangements, birth registration, legal parentage, and other issues
• reimbursement, not remuneration—what payments are legal in Canada
• purchase and importation of frozen sperm and ova
• importation of donated embryos

Facilitator: Monique Shebbeare — Monique Shebbeare Law Corporation, Vancouver
Sara R. Cohen — D2Law LLP, Toronto
Lawrence A. Kahn, QC — Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP, Richmond

Networking Break

Preconceptions—Agreements and Ethical Considerations

• when agreements are required under the FLA and how long they have to last
• planning considerations: breakup or death
• surrogacy agreements
• donor insemination agreements, ova donation agreements, and embryo agreements
• multi-parent agreements
• when things go south
• ethical considerations

Sara R. Cohen — D2Law LLP, Toronto
Lawrence A. Kahn, QC — Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP, Richmond
Monique Shebbeare — Monique Shebbeare Law Corporation, Vancouver

Prognostications and Wild Speculation: What in the World Can We Expect?

Michelle Kinney — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver

Closing Remarks

Michelle Kinney — Cassels Murray, Victoria
Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver