ELISA B., Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of El Dorado County, Respondent;
Emily B. et al., Real Parties in Interest.
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August 22, 2005.
August 22, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hanke & Williams and Shelly L. Hanke, Garden Grove, for Petitioner.
Liberty Counsel, Mathew D. Staver, Rena M. Lindevaldsen and Mary E. McAlister, San Luis Obispo, for Kristina Sica as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, James M. Humes, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Thomas R. Yanger, Assistant Attorney General, Margarita Altamirano and Kara Read-Spangler, Deputy Attorneys General for the public interest pursuant to Family Code Sections 17406-17407.
Louis B. Green, County Counsel, Edward L. Knapp, Chief Assistant County Counsel; Mary A. Roth, San Francisco; and Mary Jane Hamilton, Carmichael, for Real Party in Interest County of El Dorado.
National Center for Lesbian Rights, Shannon Minter and Courtney Joslin, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Jennifer B. Henning, for California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Valerie Ackerman and Shannan Wilber, San Francisco, for National Center for Youth Law and Legal Services for Children as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Alice Bussiere for The Center for Children's Rights at Whittier Law School, The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, The National Center for Youth Law, The Youth Law Center and Joan Heifetz Hollinger and the Children's Advocacy Project, Boalt Hall as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Jennifer C. Pizer and Amber Garza for Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, Equality California, Family Matters, Family Pride Coalition, Growing Generations, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Our Family Coalition, the Pop Luck Club and Southern California Assisted Reproduction Attorneys as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Debra Back Marley and Robert C. Fellmeth for Children's Advocacy Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Clare Pastore, Christine Sun, San Francisco; ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Alan Schlosser, San Francisco; ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, Jordan Budd, Elvira Cacciavillani; ACLU Foundation Lesbian and Gay Rights Project and James Esseks for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties and the American Civil Liberties Union as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Emily B.
Maxie Rheinheimer Stephens & Vrevich, Darin L. Wessel, Los Angeles; Laura J. Maechtlen, Sacramento; and Vanessa H. Eisemann, Pasadena, for Tom Homann Law Association, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, and Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest Emily B. and El Dorado County.
Donna Wickham Furth, San Francisco; Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney and William A. Gould, Jr., San Francisco, for Northern California Association of Counsel for Children, National Association of Counsel for Children and The California Psychological Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Minors.
Geragos & Geragos, Gregory R. Ellis, San Francisco; and Rebekah A. Frye for The Los Angeles County Bar Association, The San Fernando Valley Bar Association and its Family Law Center, The Family Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, The Bar Association of San Francisco, The Association of Certified Law Specialists and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles as Amici Curiae on behalf of Minors.
Morrison & Foerster, Ruth N. Borenstein, San Francisco, and Johnathan E. Mansfield, San Francisco, for California NOW, Inc., and California Women's Law Center as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
MORENO, J.
We granted review in this case, as well as in K.M. v. E.G. (Aug. 22, 2005, S125643) ___ Cal.4th ___, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 61, 117 P.3d 673, 2005 WL 2000860, and Kristine H. v. Lisa R. (Aug. 22, 2005, S126945) ___ Cal.4th ___, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 81, 117 P.3d 690, 2005 WL 2000908 to consider the...
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