may 2018 Bar Bulletin
By Scott Semrau
In re: Marriage of Aimee Guardado and Otto Guardado
Court of Appeals Div. II, No. 49345, February 6, 2018
Becoming Mr. and Ms. Guardado, Otto and Aimee married in December 2011 and the next month headed straight for the in-vitro fertilization clinic. A couple of months, a few signatures and about $10,000 later, they found themselves the holders of three viable embryos. Two of the embryos were implanted into Ms. Guardado and the third was frozen for later. Having previously undergone a vasectomy, Mr. Guardado’s future reproductive ambitions, at least metaphorically, were now in the bank. Nine months later, Ms. Guardado gave birth...