Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. McKiernan

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 27, 2007No. 16 MAP 2005Published

1Opinion of the Court

940 A.2d 1236 (2007)

Ivonne V. FERGUSON, Appellee

v.

Joel L. McKIERNAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 17, 2005.

Decided December 27, 2007.

John W. Purcell, Jr., Harrisburg, for Joel L. McKiernan.

Elizabeth Aycock Hoffman, for Ivonne V. Ferguson.

CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.[1]

We are called upon to determine whether a sperm donor involved in a private sperm donation—i.e., one that occurs outside the context of an institutional sperm bank—effected through clinical rather than sexual means may be held liable for child support,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Eichelman v. Nationwide InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Mamlin v. GenoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Hall v. Amica Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Sutliff v. SutliffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Brown v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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