Legal Opinion
Rubano v. DiCenzo
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided September 25, 2000No. 97-604-APublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
Two women agreed to become the parents of a child. They arranged for one of them to conceive via artificial insemination by an anonymous donor. Following the child’s birth, they raised him for four years while living together as domestic partners in the same household. Thereafter the women separated but the biological mother agreed to allow the nonbiological parent to have informal visits with the child. Under these circumstances, does the Family Court have jurisdiction over a petition brought to determine the existence of a mother and child relationship between the…
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