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KASS v. KASS

91 N.Y.2d 554 (1998)

696 N.E.2d 174

673 N.Y.S.2d 350

Maureen Kass, Appellant, v. Steven Kass, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent F. Stempel, Garden City, and Lisa Ann Spero for appellant.

Linda T. Armatti-Epstein, Mineola, for respondent.

Yueh-ru Chu, New York City, and Donna Lieberman for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.

Chief Judge KAYE.

Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures are now more than two decades old and in wide use, this is the first such dispute to reach our Court. Specifically in issue is the disposition of five frozen, stored pre-embryos, or "pre-zygotes,"1 created five years ago, during the parties' marriage, to assist them...

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