Prato-Morrison

Donna Prato-Morrison and Robert Morrison engaged the services of a fertility clinic, to no avail, and ultimately abandoned their efforts to conceive, believing their unused genetic materials would be destroyed. When the clinic later became the target of an investigation into its widespread misuse of genetic materials, the Morrisons (along with many others) sued the clinic and later settled their claims for an undisclosed amount of money. The Morrisons, “wondering whether [they have] a genetic child or children in the world,” then embarked on a campaign to intrude into the lives of another fertility clinic family (Judith and Jacob Doe) who might have innocently received Donna Morrison’s genetic material. The Morrisons filed a complaint in which they asked the court to determine whether they are the genetic parents of the Does’ twin daughters (now almost 14 years old) and, if so, to grant custody of the children (who know nothing about this claim and who have no reason to question their parentage) to the Morrisons. Although the Morrisons later withdrew their request for custody, they continued their efforts to compel blood tests and obtain the right to visit the twins.

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