SHARON S., Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of San Diego County, Respondent;
Annette F., Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 4, 2003.
Rehearing Denied October 22, 2003.
Certiorari Denied March 1, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Douglas Shepersky, William Blatchley; John L. Dodd & Associates, John L. Dodd, Tustin, and Lisa A. DiGrazia, for Petitioner.
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and Andrew P. Pugno, Sacramento, for Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Terence Chucas and Judith E. Klein, La Mesa, for Minor.
Leigh A. Kretzschmar, Kathleen Murphy Mallinger; Luce Forward, Hamilton & Scripps and Charles A. Bird, San Diego, for Real Party in Interest.
Robert H. Lynn, San Diego; Jason A. Barsi; Maxie Rheinheimer Stephens & Vrevich and Darin L. Wessel, San Diego, for Tom Homann Law Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.
Martha Matthews and Katina Ancar for National Center for Youth Law as Amicus Curiae.
Alice Bussiere for Youth Law Center as Amicus Curiae.
Shannan Wilber, San Francisco, for Legal Services for Children as Amicus Curiae.
Farella Braun & Martel, Norman Formanek and Julie Salamon for Child Advocacy Program, University of California at Berkeley as Amicus Curiae.
Donna Furth, San Francisco, for Northern California Association of Counsel for Children as Amicus Curiae.
Marvin Ventrell for National Association of Counsel for Children as Amicus Curiae.
Jordan C. Budd for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties; Mark Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California; Jennifer C. Pizer for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund; Shannon Minter and Courtney Joslin for The National Center for Lesbian Rights as Amici Curiae on behalf of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, Family Matters, Family Pride Coalition, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, LHR: The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Our Family Coalition and The Pop Luck Club.
Diane Goodman, Encino, for Academy of California Adoption Lawyers as Amicus Curiae.
Nancy E. Lofdahl for California Association of Adoption Agencies and the California Alliance of Child and Family Services as Amici Curiae.
Morrison & Foerster, Michael N. Feuer and Elizabeth A. Thornton, Los Angeles, for the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Bar Association of San Francisco, Santa Clara County Bar Association, The Bar Association of Silicon Valley, Beverly Hills Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Public Counsel and Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers as Amici Curiae.
Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney (San Francisco), Therese M. Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Kamala Harris, Julia M.C. Friedlander, Ellen Forman and Sherri Sokeland Kaiser, Deputy City Attorneys, for City and County of San Francisco and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, James M. Humes, Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sanders and Susan A. Nelson, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Department of Social Services as Amicus Curiae.
Latham & Watkins, Richard S. Zbur, Robert J. Schulze and James R. Repking, Los Angeles, for National Association of Social Workers and California Chapter, National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
Certiorari Denied March 1, 2004. See 124 S.Ct. 1510.
WERDEGAR, J.
This dispute arises in independent adoption proceedings commenced by a birth mother, Sharon S. (Sharon), and her former domestic partner Annette F. (Annette) to effect Annette's adoption of Joshua (now three and a half years old) who, like his older brother Zachary (now six years old and previously adopted by Annette), was conceived by artificial...
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