IN RE MADRONE

1201759CV; A154894.

350 P.3d 495 (2015)

271 Or. App. 116

In the Matter of the Registered Domestic Partnership of Karah Gretchen MADRONE, Petitioner-Respondent, and Lorrena Thompson Madrone, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Howry , Medford, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Brett A. Baumann and Frohnmayer, Deatherage, Jamieson, Moore, Armosino & McGovern, P.C.

Thomas A. Bittner , Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Mark Johnson Roberts and Gevurtz, Menashe, Larson & Howe, P.C.

Before SERCOMBE, Presiding Judge, and HADLOCK, Judge, and TOOKEY, Judge.


In this case, we consider how to determine whether an unmarried same-sex couple is similarly situated to a married opposite-sex couple for purposes of ORS 109.243 and, thus, entitled to the privilege granted by that statute. ORS 109.243 creates parentage in the husband of a woman who bears a child conceived by artificial insemination...

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