Legal Opinion
Stiver v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1992No. 90-1624PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
The Michigan legislature by statute has now criminalized “surrogate” parent contracts under which a woman agrees to give birth and then to transfer her child to another for a fee.1 Prior to the enactment of the statute, the defendant, Noel Keane, as a broker, engaged Judy Stiver under such a contract to have a baby for Alexander Ma-lahoff. Judy Stiver was artificially inseminated with Malahoff s semen, and a baby, Christopher, was born. By mistake, however, Stiver’s husband was the father, not Malahoff. Christopher Stiver had an active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection when…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Moning v. AlfonoMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
- Williams v. Cunningham Drug Stores, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- Clark v. DalmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1967
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