AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — She got the house and he got the Honda. The problem in Augusta and Randy Roman’s divorce came over the little things — the really little things. Frozen embryos that they once hoped would bring them children.
Mrs. Roman wants to keep the embryos and try to have a baby. Mr. Roman wants them destroyed, or at least kept frozen.
The case of Roman v. Roman now before the Texas Supreme Court pits her right to have children using the embryos against his right not to have children.
“These are my children,” said Mrs. Roman, 45. “This is my last chance at being a biological mom.”
A telephone number for Mr. Roman could not be located, and his attorney did not return phone messages left at his office. In a statement of principles in his court filing, Mr. Roman says he believes in a traditional nuclear family, and that the embryos were meant for use only within the marriage.
“They were not created to be used in such a way that simply limits me to being a sperm donor, likewise they are not created to be used against my wishes,” the statement reads.
A Houston trial court ordered the embryos turned over to Mrs. Roman. Mr. Roman appealed and won. The case is now before the state Supreme Court, but arguments have not yet been scheduled.
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