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KRISTINE RENEE H. v. LISA ANN R.

No. B167799.

16 Cal.Rptr.3d 123 (2004)

KRISTINE RENEE H., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LISA ANN R., Defendant and Respondent. KRISTINE RENEE H., Petitioner, v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent, Lisa Ann R., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 29, 2004.

Review Granted September 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honey Kessler Amado, Lynn Langley and Leon Bennett, Beverley Hills, for Plaintiff, Petitioner, and Appellant.

Leslie Ellen Shear, and Diane M. Goodman, Encino, for Defendant, Respondent.

Shannon Minter and Courtney Joslin, National Center for Lesbian Rights; Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Martha Matthews, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Romana Mancini, ACLU Foundation, Inc., Lesbian & Gay Rights Project; Tamara Lange, ACLU Foundation of Northern California; Vanessa H. Eisemann, Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles; Maxie Rheinheimer Stephens & Vrevich and Darin L. Wessel; Shannan Wilber, Legal Services for Children; Katina Ancar, National Center for Youth Law; Donna Furth, Northern California Association of Counsel for Children; Alice Bussiere, Youth Law Center; Willard K. Halm, Southern California Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, Family Pride Coalition, and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant, Respondent and Real Party in Interest Lisa Ann R.

CROSKEY, J.

Two women in a long-term relationship decided to have a child. They arranged for one of them to conceive a child through artificial insemination. One month before the child's birth, the women obtained a prebirth judgment (judgment) based on their stipulation in which they declared themselves to be the "joint intended legal parents" of the unborn child. Following the child's birth, they raised her together for almost two years. Thereafter, the women separated...

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