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Civil Litigation,
Family

May 29, 2015

Celebrity embryo dispute could yield long-awaited precedent

Actress Sofia Vergara and former fiancé Nick Loeb are in a custody over two frozen embryos created during the couple's now-defunct relationship.

Judith Daar

Dean-Elect
Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University

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The end of a romantic relationship can bring sorrow and regret, along with the annoyance of having to return items inadvertently left behind by one's former paramour. But what if those items contain contributions from both parties, now inseparably intertwined thanks to advances in medical science?

Such is the dilemma that has garnered red carpet treatment since the paparazzi reported Sofia Vergara's former fiancé, Nick Loeb, is purs...

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