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Does Family Court Have Jurisdiction Over an Embryo Dispute Between Unmarried Partners?

If an unmarried couple creates frozen embryos through IVF and later breaks up, a tough legal question can come up about who controls those embryos and whether one person can use them without the other’s consent. Illinois law sees this as different from a typical parenting time or child custody dispute, since there is… Read More »