Legal Opinion
Thomas S. v. Robin Y.
New York City Family Court
Decided April 13, 1993PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward M. Kaufmann, J.
Petitioner seeks an order of filiation and an order of visitation for an 11-year-old child born as a result of respondent’s *859successful insemination of herself with his sperm. Since her birth, the child has lived with respondent, respondent’s lesbian partner, and the partner’s biological child, also born as a result of artificial insemination with the semen of a known donor.
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Respondent Robin Y. and Sandra R. met in 1979. They established and have maintained to this day an exclusive lesbian relationship.
Early in their relationship, they decided to have…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Purificati v. ParicosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Leromain v. VenduroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Tamara B. v. Pete F.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Thomas S. v. Robin Y.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Richard B. v. Sandra B. B.New York Supreme Court · 1994
- Thomas S. v. Robin Y.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994