Elisa B. v. Superior Court

Opinion

MORENO, J.

We granted review in this case, as well as in K.M. v. E.G. (2005) 37 Cal.4th 130 [33 Cal.Rptr.3d 61, 117 P.3d 673], and Kristine H. v. Lisa R. (2005) 37 Cal.4th 156 [33 Cal.Rptr.3d 81, 117 P.3d 690], to consider the parental rights and obligations, if any, of a woman with regard to a child bom to her partner in a lesbian relationship.

In the present action for child support filed by the El Dorado County District Attorney, we conclude that a woman who agreed to raise children with her lesbian partner, supported her partner’s artificial insemination using an anonymous donor, and…