Family proceedings

Re Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case AK) [2017] EWHC 1154 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 55 (Aug)

Following an error in the completion of the necessary forms, it had transpired that X was not the legal parent of C, a child she had had through fertility treatment with her then same-gender partner, Y. The Family Division, acknowledging the errors in the form filling and the fact that it had been the intention of both X and Y for X to be the parent of C, made an order declaring X as the legal parent of C.

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Family proceedings

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