Legal Opinion
In re Doe
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 25, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Eve Preminger, S.
In creating trusts for the benefit of the issue of his eight children, the settlor required that “adoptions shall not be recognized.” One of the settlor’s daughters (hereinafter K. Doe)1 and her husband became the parents of fraternal twins by virtue of a surrogacy arrangement, using an anonymous donor egg, fertilized in vitro with the sperm of K. Doe’s husband, and carried to term by an unrelated surrogate mother. Petitioners, successor trustees, bring this construction proceeding to determine whether the settlor’s exclusion of “adoptions” excludes these…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Baker v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Kass v. KassNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Johnson v. CalvertCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by2 opinions
- T.V. v. New York State Department of HealthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- In re the Adoption of J.J.New York City Family Court · 2014