(Associated Press) To realize her lifelong dream of becoming a mother, Cindy Close and a longtime friend used in vitro fertilization to get pregnant. Neither was married, and both wanted to be parents. She expected to raise the children, and he would be a part-time father figure supporting the family while living his own life.
After giving birth to twins in July, Close said, Marvin McMurrey shocked her by saying she was just a surrogate, demanding custody and revealing he is gay.
Now, the courts will determine what rights Close has as she struggles to define, legally speaking, what it means to be a mother.
“There has never been a case in Texas quite like this one,” said Jim Paulsen, a professor at South Texas College of Law. “It combines three or four of the strangest areas of Texas family law all in one package. I’m glad I’m not the judge.”
