Legal Opinion
Adoption of a Minor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 7, 2015No. SJC 11797PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
The petitioners, J.S. and V.K, a married same-sex couple, filed a joint petition for adoption in the Probate and Family Court, seeking to adopt their son Nicholas. Nicholas was bom to J.S. in 2014, during the petitioners’ marriage. He was conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), 2 using a known sperm donor 3 selected by J.S. and V.K., whose names appear on his birth certificate. The petitioners sought to adopt their son as a means of ensuring recognition of their parentage when they travel outside the Commonwealth, or in the event of their relocation to a State where same-sex marriage…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Goodridge v. Department of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- O'BRIEN v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court Department of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Patton v. VanterpoolSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- Partanen v. GallagherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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- J.M. v. C.G.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023
- Patton v. VanterpoolSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017