{"id":798,"date":"2016-04-04T16:36:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2021-12-29T21:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:08:00","slug":"battle-over-parental-rights-plagues-schnitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/battle-over-parental-rights-plagues-schnitzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle over Parental Rights Plagues Schnitzer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The name \u201cJordan Schnitzer\u201d is synonymous with a robust financial portfolio punctuated by a history of generous philanthropy. While many might agree that Portland-based Schnitzer had it all, the one thing he felt he was lacking was a son.\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

With the medical advances of third-party reproduction, however, Schnitzer, 64, was able to complete his family.<\/p>\n

A gestational surrogate carried his son and delivered him on Dec. 22, 2015.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Schnitzer, the woman he chose to be his egg donor is a former girlfriend who also wants to be a legal parent.<\/p>\n

The eggs were harvested from Cory Sause, 37, who is also a prominent figure in Oregon coming from an Oregon business empire. According to the Willamette Week<\/a>, Schnitzer and Sause were in a relationship beginning in January 2014. By the time of the boy\u2019s birth, however, their relationship had already ended.<\/p>\n

Schnitzer thought he had safeguarded his rights as the sole parent of any son born from the embryos created with his and Sause\u2019s genetic material. The contract between the parties delineated parental rights based on the sex of the embryo, stating in regard to a female \u201cSchnitzer hereby relinquishes any claim to or jurisdiction over any female embryos from Sause and any resulting female offspring.\u201d Sause relinquished her rights to any male embryo, but it was not specifically stated that the renouncement of rights also applied to any male offspring.<\/p>\n

The process of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis was utilized to determine the sex of the embryo.<\/p>\n

While Schnitzer made it quite clear he only wanted male embryos, Sause indicated she did not want the female embryos destroyed and wished to have them stored for the future.<\/p>\n

Reporter Nigel Jaquiss writes, \u201cBob Barton, one of Sause\u2019s attorneys, argues that in the contract prepared by Schnitzer\u2019s attorney, Schnitzer renounced any involvement with any female \u2018offspring,\u2019 but that Sause made no such concession about a son.\u201d He added, \u201cBarton says Sause acknowledged Schnitzer\u2019s sole custody of a male baby\u2014but did not renounce either her parentage or visitation rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Jaquiss, Schnitzer\u2019s attorney maintains that Sause\u2019s claims are without merit.<\/p>\n

Jaquiss goes on to report, \u201cOn March 3 [2016], that dream turned into a nightmare when Sause challenged him [Schnitzer] in Multnomah County Circuit Court, saying he was violating their contract by denying her parentage of their son.\u201d He added, \u201cFor Sause, it\u2019s the desire to be a mother to a child whose genes are half hers. For Schnitzer, who already has two daughters, the imperative is to have a son he can raise without interference and who can carry on his family name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, there is no question that Sause is genetically linked to this baby boy.<\/p>\n

Sause\u2019s court filings also include a series of text updates from Schnitzer regarding the progress of their surrogate\u2019s pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Willamette Week published a text Schnitzer sent to Sause in May 2015 which read, \u201cVery soon, we will know whether you are going to be a mom. This is our baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the filing, it was also stated that after the baby was born, Sause went to the hospital to visit him.<\/p>\n

Jaquiss wrote, \u201cThat same day, Dec. 22, Schnitzer filed a petition in Multnomah County Circuit Court saying he was the baby\u2019s sole parent.\u201d He added, \u201cSause says when she learned that her name wasn\u2019t on the birth certificate, she was \u2018shocked,\u2019 and further dismayed that Schnitzer went to court and obtained a judgment certifying that he was the sole genetic parent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sause sought legal counsel after realizing she was not recognized as the child\u2019s legal parent and would have no visitation rights. In Sause\u2019s March 3 filing she stated, \u201cIt was always my intention to be the biological mother of any child that resulted from our embryos.\u201d<\/p>\n

A judge will hear this emotionally charged case on April 4, 2016.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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