IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF MADELYN B.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, of Boston, Massachusetts ( Janson Wu on the brief and orally), and Crusco Law Office, PLLC, of Bedford ( Kysa Crusco on the brief), for the appellant, Susan B.

Law Office of Joshua L. Gordon, of Concord ( Joshua L. Gordon on the brief and orally), for the appellee, Melissa D.

Upton & Hatfield, LLP, of Concord ( Marilyn Billings McNamara on the brief), for Susan Frelich Appleton & a., as amici curiae.

Pierce Atwood, LLP, of Portsmouth ( Lawrence M. Edelman and Michele E. Kenney on the brief), and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., of New York, New York ( Karen L. Loewy on the brief), for American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys, American Fertility Association, Reproductive Science Center of New England, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, COLAGE, Family Equality Council, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., National Center for Lesbian Rights, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, as amici curiae.