Legal Opinion
Patton v. Vanterpool
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 16, 2017No. S17A0767
1Opinion of the Court
302 Ga. 253
FINAL COPY S17A0767. PATTON v. VANTERPOOL. HUNSTEIN, Justice. OCGA § 19-7-21 creates an “irrebuttable presumption” of legitimacy with respect to “[a]ll children born within wedlock or within the usual period of gestation thereafter who [were] conceived by means of artificial insemination.” (Emphasis supplied.) This appeal presents the question of whether that irrebuttable presumption applies to children so conceived by means of in vitro fertilization (“IVF”). We conclude that it does not and reverse the judgment of the superior court. In January 2014, after approximately three…
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