In re the Paternity & Maternity of Infant T.

I respectfully dissent from the denial of transfer. The relief the petitioner seeks would result in the court enforcing what amounts to a surrogacy agreement. Here the parties agreed that a surrogate will earry to term an anonymously-donated egg fertilized in vitro and will effectively "[wlaive parental rights [and] duties to [the] child" upon birth Ind.Code § 31-20-1-1(6) (2008). The General Assembly has stated that such agreements are void and unenforceable. Id.; I.C. § 31-20-1-2 (2008). Though current parentage legislation does not contemplate assisted reproductive technologies, it is…