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sperm donor is a father
1: High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life | June 19, 2019

The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…





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2: Lesbian divorcees in modern age dispute over embryos | June 12, 2019

A woman has asked the Family Court to order the destruction of 12 embryos — even though she has no genetic link to them…





IVF rights
3: IVF win for Vic women split from spouse | June 5, 2019

Women will no longer need the approval of their former partner to access IVF in Victoria using their own eggs and donor sperm…





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4: Family Law Council Recommendations on Surrogacy Laws | August 18, 2014

The Attorney-General, George Brandis, has released the Family Law Council’s report on Parentage and the Family Law Act, which calls for a coordinated international response to the issue of overseas surrogacy arrangements…





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5: Donor privacy should trump a need to know | July 8, 2013

Retroactively removing anonymity from donors is a terrible idea with significant repercussions. People haven’t been able to donate anonymously in Victoria since 1988 and before that not every donor’s identity was recorded, so many people desperate for their genetic history will be disappointed…





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6: Babies with three parents could be born by 2015 | June 28, 2013

Critical ethical points have been raised by Britain becoming the first country in the world to allow mitochondrial transfer, or – to give it its proper name – “babies with three parents”. The technique was pioneered to combat a range of mitochondrial disorders with a pretty high incidence – they afflict one in 6,500…





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7: Landmark federal ruling in custody battle involving IVF mum and her ex | June 18, 2013

A Family Court judge has awarded a man equal shared parental responsibility of a two-year-old boy he fathered as a sperm donor, in a landmark ruling. The decision was handed down despite despite Victorian law stating that sperm donors are not to be considered the father, because the father and child had already formed a bond with the approval of the mother…





Debbie Waller with her disabled son Keeden. Photo: Quentin Jones
8: IVF parents lose $10m wrongful birth case, hit with legal costs | May 6, 2013

The parents of a severely disabled NSW boy have lost their $10 million damages case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a rare blood clotting condition…





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9: Millionaire donor dad battles for custody | February 28, 2013

A JUDGE has likened parties in a custody feud between a millionaire businessman and the former flame whom he helped to conceive a child through IVF to warring Shakespearean families…





sperm-storage
10: Woman loses Family Court bid for baby to dead partner | February 13, 2013

A WOMAN cannot fulfil her late partner’s final wish and have their child by IVF because the Family Court lacks jurisdiction over his frozen sperm…




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