February 11, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (US Central)
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Bert Miller and Nancy Duffner v. State of Iowa during a special evening session in Des Moines, Tuesday, February 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue.
The evening session is open to the public and provides an opportunity for Iowa residents, who may not be able to attend the court's regular morning and afternoon sessions, to watch the court conduct oral arguments in person. The Polk County Bar Association will sponsor a public reception with the supreme court justices in the Judicial Branch Building second-floor Light Court following the oral arguments.
Summary of the case, Bert Miller and Nancy Duffner v. State of Iowa, case number 24–1017 from Johnson County District Court:
Iowa’s recently enacted Fraud in Assisted Reproduction Act (FARA), effective July 1, 2022, prohibits a health care practitioner from providing false information to patients related to assisted reproduction procedures. Children of deceased parents may recover damages under the Act. The issue in this case is whether the FARA applies retroactively to allow children to recover for a health care provider’s fraudulent insemination of their unsuspecting mother-to-be with his own sperm over 70 years ago.
Attorneys' briefs for the case are posted here on the Iowa Judicial Branch website.
Proceedings will be streamed live on the Iowa Judicial Branch YouTube channel.
For more information, visit the Iowa Supreme Court page on the Iowa Judicial Branch website.
The PCBA will host a reception with refreshments following the oral arguments.