J.F. v. D.B.

CONNELLY, J,

*3PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This unusual matter comes before the court primarily on the issue of standing for child custody. At the center of the custodial dispute are male triplets A, B and C, bom to a surrogate mother not genetically related to them and a biological father whose sperm fertilized the three donor eggs that created them.1

On December 11, 2003, the plaintiff, biological father, J.F., filed a complaint for sole custody and motion for special relief. The Honorable John J. Trucilla issued an order granting temporary custody of the triplets to the defendant, surrogate mother, D.B.…