A hearing has been set in a San Francisco Superior Court to decide on a precedent setting case involving the fate of frozen embryos created by a couple who are now divorced. Mimi Lee would like to use the embryos because this is her last chance to have biological children of her own. Her former husband Stephen Findley is seeking to have the embryos destroyed. There is currently not much case law on these types of disputes. This article mentions a few past cases that are similar to this one. As more people continue to use advanced reproductive technologies like in-vitro fertilization these types of disputes will likely become more common.
See Victoria Colliver, Battle over S.F. Couple’s frozen embryos heads to court, San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2015.
Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.
