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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016
Schnitzer tells court he wanted to be a sole parent
Former girlfriend
seeks role in
child’s life
By AIMEE GREEN
The Oregonian
Jordan Schnitzer was ada-
mant that he never intended
to let his former girlfriend be
a part of his 5-month-old son’s
life, unless they were still
romantically involved.
Schnitzer — the promi-
nent Portland developer who
is ighting to keep his ex from
seeing the son they created
through in vitro fertilization
— told a Multnomah County
Circuit judge that he wanted
to be the sole parent of his irst
and only son, who was born
through a surrogate.
“I’ve gone through a con-
tentious divorce,” Schnitzer
said during about an hour of
testimony Wednesday. “…The
whole point of doing this is so
I could have my son.”
Schnitzer’s account fol-
lowed the testimony of his
former girlfriend. Cory Noel
Sause, 37, testiied that she and
Schnitzer, 65, had agreed that
he would have full custody of
the boy, but that she would be
known as the child’s mother
and be a part of his life.
In a battle that has pitted
two of Oregon’s most inlu-
ential and wealthiest fami-
lies, Sause is asking a judge to
undo a December ruling that
declared Schnitzer the “sole
and exclusive parent” of the
boy.
Schnitzer asked a judge for
the designation a day after the
boy’s birth without mention-
ing Sause by name. He said
the child was created by his
“sperm and donor eggs, which
were the exclusive property
of the petitioner (Schnitzer).”
Sause found out that Judge
Beth Allen had designated
Schnitzer as the exclusive par-
ent roughly a month later. She
iled papers in March seeking
to reverse that decision.
‘No strings attached’
While they were dating,
Schnitzer said, Sause offered
him her eggs with “no strings
attached” — as she wrote in
a text. He recounted that she
told him she “took a life” and
wanted to help “create a life.”
In 2004, Sause killed
21-year-old Patrick Kibler and
seriously injured his 14-year-
old brother while she was driv-
ing drunk in Lake Oswego.
Sause — who was a law stu-
dent at Lewis & Clark Col-
lege at the time — served
three years and three months
in prison.
Sause disputed Schnitzer’s
characterization of her rea-
sons. She testiied that she
Submitted Photo
Cory Sause wants to be
legally
recognized
as
the mother of Jordan
Schnitzer’s son.
could see how much Schnitzer
— the father of two grown
daughters — wanted a male
heir, and she thought donat-
ing her egg would mean the
boy would have a mother and
another extended family in
his life. Sause said the boy
wouldn’t get that if Schnitzer
went through with his plans to
use an anonymous donor.
Schnitzer said he instructed
his lawyer, Jeff Nudelman, to
draw up a document outlin-
ing the terms of Sause’s egg
donation. Nudelman did and
emailed the contract for Sause
to sign, which she said she
dropped off with Schnitzer’s
receptionist in June 2014.
Sause said she assumed
Schnitzer signed that copy.
The contract states that
Schnitzer has “full jurisdiction
custodial rights over the future
deposition of male embryos”
and that he would “relinquish
any claim to or jurisdiction
over any female embryos”
that might be created. In other
words, Schnitzer wanted a son
and Sause would have rights to
any female offspring.
The contract also states that
Sause would be able to meet
any son born and, if it was
determined to be in the best
interests of the child, “may
have in (sic) active role in the
life of the child.” The reverse
would be true for Schnitzer if
a daughter were born, the con-
tract says.
Sause has pointed to this
contract to show that she was
always supposed to be a part of
the boy’s life.
Never signed contract
But Schnitzer said he never
signed the contract and that he
told Sause so. He said he had
lots of problems with it. For
one, the contract calls for the
pair to go to a mediator to set-
tle any disputes that might
arise. Schnitzer said he never
would have agreed to that.
“Disputes? I’m going to
get in a situation with my son
where I’ve got to go to media-
tion... No way,” Schnitzer said.
Schnitzer said instead of
having his lawyer revise the
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For more information con-
contract so that it was to his
liking, he relied on egg donor
consent forms from Oregon
Health & Science University
that Sause signed, relinquish-
ing her rights to the eggs.
“My assumption was they
were good enough for OHSU,”
Schnitzer said of the forms.
Both Schnitzer and Sause
are Lewis & Clark Law School
graduates.
Much of Wednesday’s
hearing relied on some of the
thousands of texts Schnitzer
and Sause sent each other over
two years. Schnitzer’s attor-
neys pointed to texts support-
ing his side — that as Sause
wrote in a text: “It was always
my intent and wish to give you
the gift of life, a son, with no
strings attached...”
Upon suggesting that the
boy move in with her sister,
Caitlin Sause, and not herself
immediately after the birth,
Sause texted “Caitlin’s got that
breeder instinct.”
But Sause’s attorney also
questioned Schnitzer about
text messages he sent her. In
one text, Schnitzer updated
Sause on the surrogate’s preg-
nancy, writing: “Everything is
ine with your baby.”
Schnitzer also sent Sause’s
mother a recording of the
fetus’ heartbeat, stating “This
is your grandson.”
Sause’s attorney asked
Schnitzer to explain why he’d
Bad relations
Neither Sause nor her par-
ents have seen the boy since
shortly after he was born.
Schnitzer referenced bad rela-
tions that have surfaced “after
they started screaming (at) me
and threatening me with these
lawsuits.”
Sause’s lawyer asked
Schnitzer if he threatened
to sue Sause’s family after
they included the boy’s name
among a list of surviving rela-
tives in the March obituary of
Sause’s grandfather.
Schnitzer said his attor-
ney sent the family a letter
“asking them to retract” the
boy’s inclusion on the list.
Upon further questioning,
Schnitzer agreed that the let-
ter did threaten a lawsuit over
the issue for severe emotional
distress.
Judge Katherine Tennyson,
who is presiding over the case,
hasn’t made a ruling. The hear-
ing is scheduled to continue
for at least another day in July.
Schnitzer is a major bene-
factor of the arts and has led
the campaign to preserve the
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always made it clear to them
the only way they would be
grandparents (was) if Cory and
I were together.”
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