Legal Opinion
Woodward v. Commissioner of Social Security
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 2002PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified the following question to this court. See S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981).
“If a married man and woman arrange for sperm to be withdrawn from the husband for the purpose of artificially impregnating the wife, and the woman is impregnated with that sperm after the man, her husband, has died, will children resulting from such pregnancy enjoy the inheritance rights of natural children under Massachusetts’ law of intestate succession?”
We answer the certified question as follows: In certain…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Canal Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Adoption of TammyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Gorey v. GuarenteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Goodridge v. Department of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Vernoff Ex Rel. Vernoff v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Halebian v. BervMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Gillett-Netting v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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