Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Gordon
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 2, 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bertram R. Gelfand, J.
The court will address, ab initio, the framed question of *824whether children born in 1960 and 1962, respectively, during wedlock, by means of the artificial insemination of the wife by a third-party donor, with the consent of the husband, possess the status of issue of the husband.
New York, by statute, now explicitly provides under Domestic Relations Law § 73 (1) that "[a]ny child born to a married woman by means of artificial insemination performed * * * with the consent in writing of the woman and her husband, shall be deemed the legitimate, natural…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- State ex rel. H. v. P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Gursky v. GurskyNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Ayman v. Teachers' Retirement BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Laura G. v. Peter G.New York Supreme Court · 2007