Russell v. Pasik

VILLANTI, Chief Judge..

Susan Russell petitions this court for a writ of' certiorari from the denial of her motion to dismiss Elizabeth A. Pasik’s petition for timesharing. Because the trial court departed from-the essential requirements of the law, we must grant the petition.

Russell and Pasik entered into a same-sex relationship-⅛ April 1998. At some point over the course of that relationship, the parties made the decision to start a family together. To that end, Pasik purchased donor sperm supplied by an anonymous donor with the intent that it would be used to impregnate both Russell and…