St. Mary v. Damon

OPINION

By the Court,

Saitta, J.:

This appeal concerns the establishment of custodial rights over a minor child born to former female partners, appellant Sha’Kayla St. Mary and respondent Veronica Lynn Damon. The couple became romantically involved and decided to have a child. They drafted a co-parenting agreement, and eventually, St. Mary gave birth to a child through in vitro fertilization, using Damon’s egg and an anonymous donor’s sperm. Thereafter, their relationship ended, leading to the underlying dispute concerning the parties’ custodial rights over the child.

The district court,…