Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court August 25, 2004 (T.F. v. B.L.)

Cowin, J.

The plaintiff, T.F., and the defendant, B.L., are two women who lived together from 1996 to 2000. During this time, the plaintiff became pregnant through artificial insemination, and in July, 2000, after the couple had separated, she gave *523birth to a child. In January, 2001, the plaintiff filed a complaint in the Probate and Family Court Department.