Turpin v. Sortini

31 Cal.3d 220 (1982)

643 P.2d 954

182 Cal. Rptr. 337

JOY TURPIN, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

ADAM J. SORTINI et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Docket No. S.F. 24319.

Supreme Court of California.

May 3, 1982.

COUNSEL

Joseph P. Stretch for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stammer, McKnight, Barnum & Bailey and Daniel O. Jamison for Defendants and Respondents.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and Kent L. Richland as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

KAUS, J.

This case presents the question of whether a child born with an…