California Court of Appeal

Plaintiff, who donated eggs so that her lesbian partner could bear a child, does not qualify as a parent under the Uniform Parentage Act; substantial evidence supports the finding that only the defendant intended to bring about the birth of a child whom she intended to raise as her own.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/11/2004
• Published 05/11/2004

Judges

• SIMONS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hersh Family Law Practice, Jill Hersh, Stephanie Wald, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Shannon Minter and Courtney Joslin for National Center for Lesbian Rights on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Marvin R. Ventrell for National Association of Counsel for Children and Donna Wickham Furth, San Francisco, for Northern California Association of Counsel for Children as Amici Curiae on behalf of the minors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sideman & Bancroft LLP, San Francisco, Diana E. Richmond, for Defendant and Respondent.