In Elisa B. v. Superior Court, the court held that a lesbian who had
agreed to raise the children born to her partner, but then split up
with her partner, was required to pay child support for the children
as a parent. In K.M. v. E.G., the court held that the existence of a
written waiver of rights was no bar to a lesbian woman who had
donated ova to her partner to assist in an in vitro fertilization
asserting rights as a parent. And in Kristine H. v. Lisa R., the
court found that a stipulation signed by the natural mother conferred
a legal right to her lesbian partner to exercise the role of a parent
over the child.

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Association, Inc. It specializes in constitutional litigation in
state and federal courts throughout the country, including numerous
same sex marriage cases.