How a Consumer Hired a Lawyer to Draft a Sperm Donor Contract in New York

In 2025, a personal client in New York sought assistance with drafting a contract related to a sperm donation arrangement. The client and a close friend planned to conceive through IVF, intending to share parental rights; however, the IVF clinic required a signed coparenting agreement to bypass a waiver that would relinquish those rights. The client needed a straightforward agreement confirming their mutual intent to co-parent, along with a lawyer to submit the signed document to the clinic and respond to any follow-up inquiries. As a result, the client received six proposals from licensed lawyers, with flat fee bids ranging from $625 to $3,000, all submitted to complete the work within the requested deadline of less than a week.