Partial Summary Judgment In Sperm Donor Case

As I have previously discussed, Angela Brauer recently petitioned a Kansas court to give her the right to intervene in the Craigslist case, involving herself, her partner Jennifer Schreiner, and the donor William Marotta. Now, it appears that the court will likely resolve this case via parital summary judgment this upcoming Friday, May 17, 2013.

Recently, the Judge Mary Mattivi appointed an attorney, Jennifer Berger, to represent the birth mother, Jennifer Schreiner. Judge Mattivi has asked all parties “to tell her whether Marotta is the ‘sperm donor, what his status is,’ and that will focus the case on where it needs to go.” The judge also froze Brauer’s motion to intervene, which led Brauer’s attorney to file a motion to reconsider. Brauer’s motion to re-consider contained “a copy of a two-page sperm donor contract signed by Marotta, Schreiner and Brauer in which Marotta gives up his paternal rights, and the women release him from making child support payments.” The attorneys for the state will likely file a motion for partial summary judgment to dispose of the case.

See Steve Fry, Sperm Donor Case To Be Decided By Summary Judgment, The Topeka Capital-Journal, Apr. 9, 2013.