Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1665
AUTHOR:
Marianne O Battani, Judge, Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit
QUOTATION:
We really have no definition of mother in our lawbooks. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed necessary.
ATTRIBUTION:
Ruling that the biological mother of an infant conceived outside the womb is the “true” mother as opposed to the woman who carries the child to term, 14 Mar 86
