In re Staico, 143 A.3d 983 (Pa. Super. 2016)
The testator, Albert Staico, Jr., had moved in with his longtime girlfriend Emma in 2008. In May 2011, Mr. Staico asked Emma to contact an attorney to draft a will for him. At the time of Mr. Staico’s appointment with an attorney to do so, he was in the hospital; Emma attended the appointment alone and informed […]
In re: Baby S.S., 128 A.3d 296 (Pa. Super. 2015)
S.S. (“Mother”) and L.S. (“Father”) were a married couple who wished to have a baby but experienced difficulties with fertility. They ultimately decided to have a donor egg fertilized by the Father’s sperm, which would then be carried by a surrogate, or gestational carrier. The Parents entered into contracts with a company that matches surrogates […]
