John Terrell v. Ruby Torres

Summary

The court held that the parties’ embryo-disposition agreement required donation of the embryos when they could not contemporaneously agree to unilateral use. It interpreted the agreement according to ordinary contract principles and concluded that the checked divorce option required a court decree implementing an agreed disposition, not a discretionary judicial balancing of interests. The court vacated the court of appeals’ decision and affirmed the family court’s order directing donation.