High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life

Results for: Assisted Reproduction

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…

Catchwords: Biological Father, Biological Mother, Birth Mother, Court Decision, Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Family Law Act, Fatherhood, In Vitro Fertilisation, Legal Proceedings, Parentage, Parentage and the Family Law Act, Parental Conflict, Parental Rights, Paternity, Precedent, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Same Sex Parents, Same Sex Parents, Same-Sex Parenting, Spends time with, Sperm Donation, Substantial and Significant Time

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…

Catchwords: Biological Mother, Donor-Conceived Children, In Vitro Fertilisation, Legal definition of an unborn child, Legal definition of an unborn child, Medical Decisions, Parentage, Parental Rights, Parents refused to consent, Pregnancy, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Same Sex Parents, State based Sperm Donor Legislation

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…

Catchwords: Egg Donation, In Vitro Fertilisation, Parental Rights, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Sperm Donation

4: 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…

Catchwords: Biological Father, Donor-Conceived Children, Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, In Vitro Fertilisation, Parentage, Parental Responsibility Orders, Parental Rights, Shared Parental Responsibility Amendment 2006, Sperm Donation, State based Sperm Donor Legislation

5: 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…

Catchwords: Antithrombin Deficiency, Damages, Family Law Courts, In Vitro Fertilisation, Legal Fees, Precedent, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Wrongful Birth

6: 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…

Catchwords: In Vitro Fertilisation, Parental, Parental Rights, Reproductive Medical Assistance

7: India cuts off commercial surrogacy to many Australians | January 15, 2013

Changes to commercial surrogacy arrangements in India, introduced just before Christmas, have cut off one of the more popular avenues for Australians wanting to become surrogate parents…

Catchwords: Parental, Surrogacy

8: Widow allowed to use husband’s sperm | January 4, 2013

A widow has been allowed to extract her dead husband’s sperm a day after he took his own life, following an urgent West Australian court hearing…

Catchwords: Donor-Conceived Children, In Vitro Fertilisation, Medical, Medical Decisions, Medical procedures, Parental, Parental Rights, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Special Medical Procedure, Succession Laws