Legal Opinion
Jason People v. Danielle S.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 16, 2017No. B268319PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WILLHITE, J.
—This long-running case involves the effort by a sperm donor (Jason P.) to establish that he is a legal parent of a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) using his sperm, and that he is entitled to joint legal and physical custody of the child with the child’s mother (Danielle S.). The case is before us on appeal for the second time. The first appeal was taken by Jason from the family law court’s judgment in favor of Danielle on Jason’s petition to establish parental relationship. The family law court found that Family Code 1 section 7613, subdivision (b)…
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