A.Z. v. B.Z


431 Mass. 150 (2000)

A.Z. v. B.Z.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen Van Ness for the mother.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Luke Stanton for Catholic Medical Association & others.

Dwight G. Duncan for Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & COWIN, JJ.


COWIN, J.

We transferred this case to this court on our own motion to consider for the first time the effect of a consent form between a married couple and an in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic (clinic) concerning disposition of frozen preembryos.1 B.Z., the former wife (wife) of A.Z. (husband), appeals from a judgment of the Probate and Family Court that included, inter alia,

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