J.F. v. D.B.

Reader, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, James Flynn, has appealed from the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment to appellees, Douglas and Danielle Bimber. This court reverses.

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{¶ 2} Mr. and Mrs. Bimber signed a surrogacy contract with Flynn and one Jennifer Rice, in which they agreed that Mrs. Bimber. would be implanted with fertilized embryos in exchange for $20,000 plus expenses. The surrogacy contract was titled “Contract between Biological Father, Egg Donor, and Surrogate Mother.” The contract’s opening provision designated James Flynn as the “Biological Father,”…