Legal Opinion
Davis v. Davis
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1992PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Justice.
This appeal presents a question of first impression, involving the disposition of the cryogenically-preserved product of in vitro fertilization (IVF), commonly referred to in the popular press and the legal journals as “frozen embryos.” The case began as a divorce action, filed by the appellee, Junior Lewis Davis, against his then wife, appellant Mary Sue Davis. The parties were able to agree upon all terms of dissolution, except one: who was to have “custody” of the seven “frozen embryos” stored in a Knoxville fertility clinic that had attempted to assist the…
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