ASRM Legally Speaking

A column highlighting recent court decisions
affecting the assisted reproductive technologies
and the families they create, written by Susan L. Crockin, J.D.

These are the columns from Volume 36.

From ASRM News Winter 2002 Vol 36 No 4

California Custody Battle Ongoing Over Child Born through Embryo Mix-Up. Mercury News (8/2/02)
Former UC-Irvine Patients’ Lawsuit to Determine Twins’ Parentage Rejected. Prato-Morrison v. Doe, B151028 (L.A.Sup.Ct. 10/29/02); (Met.News Co.10/20/02)
British Clinic’s ICSI Mix-Up Results in Twins and Lawsuit. BBC News Online (11/4/02); BioNews (11/4/02)
Florida Appellate Court Decides Sperm Donor Has No Parental Rights. Lamaritata v. Lucas, Case No. 2D01-3293 (2nd Dist.Ct.App. of FL) (8/16/02)
Sperm Bank Falls Under California’s Health Care Provider Law. Johnson v. Sup.Ct., B155896 (Ct.App.2nd.App.Dis. (8/30/02); Met. News-Enterprise (9/3/02)
Erratum

From ASRM News Fall 2002 Vol 36 No 3:

Court Reverses, Upholds Cryopreservation Agreement in Frozen Embryo Dispute. Litowitz v. Litowitz (WASup.Ct. Dkt.No. 70413-9; 6/13/02)
Litigation Erupts in Texas Over Egg-Sharing Donation. J.A. Zuniga, Houston Chronicle, 5/31/02
Sperm Donor Children Begin Case for Access to Donor Information in Britain. BBC Online, 5/22/02; The Times, 5/23/02; The Independent, 5/23/02.
White Couple Gives Birth to Black Twins After British Clinic Mix-Up. The Globe and Mail, 7/9/02; The Guardian, 7/9/02; Scotsman.com, 7/10/02.
Woman Escorted out of Kuwait by Canadian Embassy after Surrogate Procedure. D.Ruppe, ABC News Internet Ventures (6/23/02).

From ASRM News Summer 2002 Vol 36 No 2:

Utah Surrogacy Law Challenged. J.R., M.R., W.K.J. v. State of Utah, U.S.Dis.Ct.(Utah), Case No. 2:02 CV 195 (filed 3/6/02).
Delaware Court Orders Lesbian Ex-Partner to Pay Child Support. Chambers v. Chambers, Fam.Ct. (Delaware) No.CN00-09493 (2/5/02)
British High Court Decides Gestational Carrier is Mother of Twins. The Times, 2/26/02; The Guardian, 2/19/02; The Daily Telegraph, 2/19/02
Australian Authorities Grant Permission for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis/IVF. The Canadian Press, April 16, 2002
UPDATE: Disciplinary Action Against British Fertility Doctor Dropped. The Times, April 13, 2002.
UPDATE: Posthumous Parentage Case Filed in Britain. The Guardian, April 16, 2002.
UPDATE: Ex-Prison Guard Sentenced for Sperm-Smuggling. The Associated Press, April 19, 2002

From ASRM News Spring 2002 Vol 36 No 1

Massachusetts High Court Rules That Posthumously Conceived Twins May Be Legal Heirs of Genetic Father. Woodward v. Commissioner of Social Security, SJC-08490 (1/3/02)
British Widow Expecting Second Child of Deceased Husband; Challenging Paternity Laws. Reuters (2/8/02); The Scotsman (2/9/02)
Wife and Government Struggle Over Smuggled Sperm. Newsday, Inc. AP, 2/13/02; The Boston Globe, 2/14/02
Australian Sperm Donor Visitation Fight Lands in Family Court. www.news.com.au (1/29/02).
International Sperm Donors Face Child Support Obligations. AP, Karl Ritter (1/31/02); West Australian Newspapers Ltd, Julie Butler (2/4/02)
Connecticut Approves Pre-Birth Parentage Orders for Gestational Carrier Agreements, Rules Agreements Enforceable. 2001 Conn.Acts 01-163 (Reg.Sess.)

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