# J.B. v. M.B.

> Supreme Court of New Jersey · August 14, 2001 · 170 N.J. 9

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7326516

## Case

- **Full name:** J.B., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT v. M.B., AND C.C.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Jersey
- **Decided:** August 14, 2001
- **Citations:** 170 N.J. 9; 783 A.2d 707; 2001 N.J. LEXIS 955
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Zazzali
- **Judges:** Poritz, Verniero, Zazzali
- **Cited by:** 36 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a mutual change of mind is not required and that agreements entered into at the time of IVF will be enforced “subject to the right of either party to change his or her mind about disposition up to the point of use or destruction of any stored [embryos]”

## Opinion text

ZAZZALI, J.,
concurring.
I join in the Court’s opinion, except as noted by Justice Verniero’s concurring opinion, which I also join. I write separately to note that these difficult disputes all too often prompt dire predictions. And yet, most assuredly, developing technologies will give rise to many more such controversies in the future. The resolution of those controversies depends on the amount of caution, compassion, and common sense we summon up as we balance the competing interests. The significance of those interests underscores the need for continued careful and deliberate decisionmaking, infused with equity, in this developing jurisprudence.
For Affirmance as Modified Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA, ZAZZALI — 7.
Opposed — None.

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