Carvin v. Britain

Sue Ellen Carvin brought this action against Page Britain, the biological mother of L.B., seeking to establish Carvin’s coparentage of L.B., who was conceived by artificial insemination during the women’s 12-year intimate domestic relationship. Carvin seeks to establish her coparentage under the Uniform Parentage Act (chapter 26.26 RCW), which, she contends, must be liberally construed to permit her claim in order to be constitutional. Alternatively, Carvin seeks status as a de facto or psychological parent under the common law of Washington. As an additional alternative, she seeks visitation…