Legal Opinion
Melissa Cook v. Cynthia Harding
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2018No. 16-55968PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The California legislature enacted California Family Code Section 7962 (“Section 7962”) to codify California cases that found gestational surrogacy contracts enforceable. 1 Among other matters, Section, 7962 authorizes the judicial determination of legal parentage in accordance with the terms of a gestational surrogacy agreement prior to the birth of any child so conceived.
Melissa Cook entered into a gestational surrogacy agreement with C.M. pursuant to Section '7962. By the terms of the '75-page contract, titled “In Vitro Fertilization Surrogacy Agreement”…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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