Section 30.19 Constitutional Right to Privacy

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

A. (§30.19) Constitutional Right to Privacy

In two of these cases, the court relied on the constitutional right of privacy to resolve the dispute. In Davis v. Davis, 842 S.W.2d 588 (Tenn. 1992), reh’g granted in part, No. 34, 1992 WL 341632 (Tenn. Nov. 23, 1992), cert denied, 507 U.S. 911 (1993), a divorcing couple who had gone through the IVF process had cryopreserved preembryos stored at a fertility clinic. The mother wanted to have the preembryos donated to an infertile couple. The father wanted to have...