Wealthy Microsoft executive is embroiled in ugly court battle with ex-husband for two frozen embryos he doesn’t want her to use: Branded her unfit mom who forgot kids in car and threatened him with knife

A wealthy Microsoft executive is embroiled in a bitter dispute with her ex-husband, who refuses to let her use the two frozen embryos the couple created when they married.

46-year-old Honeyhline Heidemann was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2017, with chemotherapy making her infertile.

Although she and her husband Jason froze two embryos in 2015, after the couple divorced in 2018, Honeyhline had to ask her ex-husband, Jason Heidemann, 44, for permission if she wanted to use them.

The couple signed a written agreement stating that the embryos would not be used without a court order or consent from both parties.

Honeyhline, who works as a consultant for Microsoft, currently has three children, including a daughter born in 2016 who she shares with her ex-husband, another child via a donor embryo in 2021 and a third born last month.

Lawyer Jason Heidemann, 46, has argued that the embryos should remain in storage unless he and his ex-wife can agree on what should happen to them.

The couple met in 2008 and are seen here in one of their early photos. They divorced in 2018

But her ex believes she can no longer handle any more children, citing the fact that she would be unfit to handle any more children.

In a bench trial in Fairfax Circuit Court, Jason Heidemann, an attorney-adviser for the U.S. International Trade Commission, took the witness stand to address a host of incidents indicating that his ex-wife had long been divorced from her three could care for current children.

He described a series of disturbing incidents in which he felt his ex-wife had made poor parenting decisions, including twice when she left her toddler in a parked car.

He also recounted an incident in 2017 when his ex-wife pulled out a knife after he tried to take their daughter to visit the girl’s paternal grandmother.

In court filings, Honeyhline is described as paranoid, abusive and fascinated by the occult, reports Courthouse news.

For her part, Honeyhline testified that her husband has “anger issues.”

A psychotherapist who treated her described her as a “remarkably resilient woman” who wants to spend as much time as possible with her daughter.

She believed that Jason couldn’t see the problems with his own behavior.

Jason Heidemann can be seen with his daughter Emma in some of his Facebook photos of which he is still co-parent with Honeyhline. He currently has primary custody of the child

Jason has said that Honeyhline has made some bad parenting decisions, including twice leaving her toddler in a parked car

Jason has argued that the embryos should remain in storage unless he and his ex-wife can agree on what should happen to them.

He also expressed no desire to co-parent future children with Honeyhline, who has agreed to relieve him of the responsibility.

In court, Honeyhline said she would prefer to receive both embryos, but also accepted that the court could allow each ex-spouse to receive one.

“I don’t really care about my insurance or anything like that, but I care about my embryos,” she testified, emphasizing that this was likely her only chance to have another biological child after her battle with cancer.

Microsoft programmer Honeyhline Heidemann is seen with her eight-year-old daughter whom she shares with Jason

Jason, pictured with his daughter, has expressed no desire to raise any future children with Honeyhline – who has agreed to relieve him of the responsibility if she uses the embryos.

Jason has also suggested that ex-wife Honeyhline should no longer be allowed to raise children as she now has three, including one born in 2021 and another born in March 2024, seen here.

“For me, you can’t put a price on it,” she said in court. “Without these embryos, I wouldn’t have any other biological children.”

Honeyhline’s attorney, Jason Zellman, has argued that the embryos should be treated as property based on the 2018 settlement agreement that both Heidemanns signed.

Jason’s attorney, Carrie Patterson, has argued the opposite, rejecting the idea that the embryos are property that can be split or even sold.

Judge Dontaè L. Bugg will now have to decide what will happen to the Heidemanns’ embryos. Closing arguments are scheduled for May 9.