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RAFTOPOL v. RAMEY

No. 18482.

12 A.3d 783 (2011)

299 Conn. 681

Anthony RAFTOPOL et al. v. Karma A. RAMEY et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick B. Kwanashie , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, for the appellant (defendant department of health).

Victoria T. Ferrara , with whom was Jeremy F. Hayden , Fairfield, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Kenneth J. Bartschi , Karen L. Dowd , Hartford, Thomas W. Ude , Bennett H. Klein , pro hac vice, Karen L. Loewy , pro hac vice, John Weltman , pro hac vice, and Scott Buckley , pro hac vice, filed a brief for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine et al. as amici curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA and McLACHLAN, Js.

McLACHLAN, J.

This appeal raises the question of whether Connecticut law permits an intended parent1 who is neither the biological2 nor the adoptive parent of a child to become a legal parent of that child by means of a valid gestational agreement. The use of technology to accomplish reproduction by means other than sexual intercourse no longer may be considered "new...

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