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…

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

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2: 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