· 3/28/1986
Jhordan C. v. MARY K.
Citations
- 179 Cal. App. 3d 386
- 224 Cal. Rptr. 530
- 1986 Cal. App. LEXIS 1405
How courts have described this case
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- holding that when no doctor was involved in sperm donation or in artificial insemination, sperm was never “provided to a licensed physician” so donor fell outside statutory nonpaternity provisions
- finding that where the statute specifies that the semen be provided to a licensed physician, if the artificial insemination occurred outside of the guidance of a physician, the statute does not apply
- court analyzes applicability of artificial insemination statute despite parties' ignorance of it
- physician involvement essential to obtain donor’s complete medical history which child may later need and creates a formal structure for donation which reduces misunderstandings of the relationship between donor and recipient and donor, recipient and child
- physician involvement essential to obtain donor's complete medical history which child may later need and creates a formal structure for donation which reduces misunderstandings of the relationship between donor and recipient and donor, recipient and child
- court analyzes applicability of artificial insemination statute despite parties’ ignorance of it
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Judges: King
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