Whether the retention by the Defendant and / or their predecessors in title
of tissue,
parts of organs from the bodies
of stillborn or
deceased children after post-mortem confers any cause
of action for psychiatric trauma suffered by the
parents of those children caused by the discovery
of that retention
In this case, California law automatically gives sole custody
of the children to the surviving
parent, even if the
deceased parent had sole legal and physical custody before her death, and even if the surviving
parent has not exercised visitation with his children or remained a
part of their lives.