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1: Single dad adopts girl with Down syndrome who was rejected by 20 families | September 26, 2019

A young girl’s fortunes have changed after she was rejected first by her mother, her father and then by 20 potential adoptive families, to be finally adopted by a gay, single male…

Catchwords: Adoption, Adoption by Same Sex Single Parent

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2: 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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3: 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

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4: Who is a parent? Sperm donor heads to the High Court to clarify parental rights | March 7, 2019

An Australian girl’s biological mother and her sperm donor father have spent $1.5 million on a court feud over whether the biological father, who has played the role as father to the child since birth, should have any parental rights. ..

Catchwords: Biological Father, Biological Mother, Donor-Conceived Children, Parentage, Parental Rights, Same Sex Parents, Sperm Donation

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5: Bias Against the Gay Parent in Family Court Proceedings | August 14, 2014

For a gay or lesbian individual, coming out as gay at the end of a heterosexual partnership can mean that he or she could be denied custody of the children from that partnership or face restrictions on visitation…

Catchwords: Gay and Lesbian Parents, Same-Sex Parenting, Same-Sex Parents