Doe v. Doe

KATZ, J., with whom BERDON and PETERS, Js., join,

concurring in part and dissenting in part. The primary issue in these appeals is whether the trial court, in an action for the dissolution of a marriage, has jurisdiction to award custody of a minor child to the plaintiff wife, when that child was bom to a surrogate mother (surrogate) who, with the consent and cooperation of the plaintiff wife, had been artificially inseminated with the defendant husband’s sperm. This is a case of first impression for this court, and it requires us to come to terms with changing family structures — an area that…