C.M. v. M.C.

Opinion

LUI, J.

Defendant and appellant M.C. (M.C.) appeals from a judgment declaring plaintiff and respondent C.M. (Father) to be the sole legal parent of *1192triplet children (the Children) and finding that M.C. has no parental rights. M.C. was the gestational carrier for the Children, who were conceived in vitro using Father’s sperm and ova from an anonymous donor. Father and M.C. entered into the surrogacy arrangement pursuant to a written “In Vitro Fertilization Surrogacy Agreement” in 2015 (the Agreement). Each party was represented by separate counsel in negotiating the Agreement.

Despite the…