Legal Opinion
Strickland v. Day
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 2018No. 2016–CA–01504–SCTPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ISHEE, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Christina Strickland and Kimberly Day were a same-sex couple legally married in Massachusetts in 2009-a marriage that later was recognized legally in Mississippi. At the time of their marriage, the couple resided in Mississippi. A year later, the newlywed couple sought to bring a child into their family through the use of artificial insemination (AI) of sperm from an anonymous donor. Kimberly served as *488the gestational mother and eventually gave birth to Z.S.1 in 2011. Z.S. was born in Mississippi.
¶ 2. The couple separated in 2013. And eventually, in October…
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