Sperm Donors and Assisted Reproductive Technology in the Orlando, Florida Area
- November 22, 2022
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There was an interesting case in Florida Law Weekly, 47 Fla. Law Weekly D2551a in the 5th District Court of Appeals of Florida.
In the case discussed in the article, the court discussed paternity, sperm donors and assisted reproductive technology. This particular case involved two unmarried friends who decided to conceive a child using an at-home artificial insemination process.
The district court found that the trial court erred in dismissing the petition for paternity with prejudice based on the conclusion that section 742.14 barred petitioner’s claim of paternity. The appellate court ruled that Section 742.14 applies to paternity actions only when the child was born as a result of assisted reproductive technology.
The parties’ at-home, do-it-yourself method of artificial insemination did not meet statutory definition of assisted reproductive technology because this particular method did not involve the laboratory handling of human eggs or pre embryos.
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