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St. Petersburg Reproductive Law and Adoption

Karen Persis represents St. Petersburg and Pinellas County families in gestational surrogacy, adoption, and other family formation matters throughout the Gulf Coast.

Local practice

Focused. Local. Personal.

Karen Persis represents St. Petersburg families in family formation matters such as gestational surrogacy, donor agreements, embryo disposition, and adoptions — supported by 20+ years of Florida practice.

All services below are available to St. Petersburg clients. Consultations take place via phone or video conference. Every consultation is confidential, and Karen personally handles every client matter — no handoffs to associates or paralegals.

Services in St. Petersburg

Every family building service, locally supported.


Family formation
Gestational Surrogacy
Drafting and negotiating Gestational Surrogacy Agreements, Preplanned Adoption Agreements, and pre- and post-birth orders under Florida law.
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Family formation
Egg Donation
Known and anonymous egg donor agreements.
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Family formation
Sperm Donation
Sperm Donation Agreements for clinical and at-home insemination.
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Family formation
Embryo Donation
Embryo donation and disposition agreements.
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Family formation
LGBTQ+ Family Building
Adoptions, donor agreements, parentage judgments, and counsel on family formation issues for same-sex couples in Florida.
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Neutral resolution
Reproductive Law Mediation
Florida Supreme Court-certified Family Mediator, providing neutral third-party services for disputes involving gestational surrogacy agreements, embryo disposition, donor agreements and adoption.
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Family formation
Adoption Law
Stepparent, relative, adult, and second-parent adoption for St. Petersburg families.
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St. Petersburg consultation
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Counties served

St. Petersburg area counties

  • Pinellas County
  • Manatee County
  • Sarasota County
  • Charlotte County
Neighborhoods

Communities Karen serves

  • Downtown St. Petersburg
  • Old Northeast
  • Snell Isle
  • Clearwater
  • Palm Harbor
  • Dunedin
  • Largo
  • Tierra Verde

Ready to start the conversation?

Every family building journey is personal. Schedule a free, confidential consultation to discuss your situation with Karen directly.