Prato-Morrison v. Doe

After the Morrisons (Prato-Morrison, plaintiff, and her husband) settled a lawsuit against a fertility clinic over eggs allegedly taken without consent, they learned their genetic material may have been implanted in Judith Doe (defendant), who gave birth to twin daughters; the Morrisons sued the Does seeking visitation and DNA testing to confirm parentage. When challenged on standing, the Morrisons submitted a declaration and handwritten list from a fertility biologist, compiled eight years after the fact from unspecified clinical records, asserting the nonconsensual transfer had occurred; the trial court excluded the document as hearsay and dismissed the complaint, and the Morrisons appealed.