Contract Law Found to Govern Disposition of Frozen Embryos in Divorce
From: Dean Huffman . (dean@thehuffpeople.net)
Fri Feb 24 06:49:36 2006
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Contract Law Found to Govern Disposition of Frozen Embryos in Divorce
Texas Lawyer
When a couple divorces, who owns their frozen embryos? A Texas appellate court
reviewed the "scant case law on the subject" from other jurisdictions and
reversed a trial court's judgment awarding three frozen embryos to the wife as
part of a division of community property, despite the parties' prior written
agreement to discard frozen embryos in the event of divorce. Attorneys for both
sides agreed that the court sidestepped tough constitutional questions in
focusing on the contract issues.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1140689114144
