BILBAO v. GOODWIN

(SC 20078).

217 A.3d 977 (2019)

Jessica BILBAO, v. Timothy R. GOODWIN.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released November 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Secola , Brookfield, with whom, on the brief, was Timothy R. Goodwin, self-represented, for the appellant (defendant).

Scott T. Garosshen , with whom were Brendon P. Levesque and, on the brief, Michael S. Taylor , Hartford, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Leslie I. Jennings-Lax and Louise T. Truax , Southport, filed a brief for the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers as amicus curiae.

Rita Louise Lowery Gitchell , pro hac vice, Philip S. Walker and Joanne F. Davis , Trumbull, filed a brief for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists as amicus curiae.

Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.


In this appeal, we are called on to determine how pre-embryos created through in vitro fertilization should be distributed upon the divorce of their progenitors. The plaintiff, Jessica Bilbao, and the defendant, Timothy R. Goodwin, were married and underwent in vitro fertilization in an effort to have children. Several pre-embryos resulting...

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