Family Expansion Counseling

Family Expansion Counseling

"Becoming parents has been the best decision my partner and I ever made. It has brought joy, wonder, and meaning to our lives in new ways. I know the effort needed to add children to a family when you can’t do it unassisted, and I am committed to providing support and information to individuals seeking to become parents by walking through options and the legal steps to each.” - Theo Ciccarelli Cornetta, Esq., Founder

That’s why we created Family Expansion Counseling.

This service is for anyone who needs support in navigating their path to parenthood. Whether you are a single parent by choice, experiencing infertility, do not have the biological material needed to conceive, or simply want to build your family in a way that looks different from the traditional path, Pattern can help. We will take a comprehensive look at your options and walk you through the legal requirements, considerations, and steps involved with each path. This allows you to move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

Our Family Expansion Counseling Includes:

    • Appealing insurance denials of assisted reproductive technology coverage

    • Agreements for known versus unknown sperm or egg donation

    • Contracts regarding the storage and disposal of biological material

    • Contracts for surrogacy

    • Private adoption

    • Foster care versus adoption from foster care

    • Second parent adoption

    • Intended parent contracts for multi-parent families

    • Domestic and/or international certificates

    • Registering the birth of children with multiple citizenships

    • Gender markers