The court considered the legal parentage of a child conceived after his mother (Ms M) met his biological father (Mr F) on an internet website where Mr F was advertising his services as an unpaid sperm donor. The central dispute between the mother and the father is whether the conception was the result of artificial insemination (as he says) or sexual intercourse (as she says). If conception was the result of sexual intercourse (known as natural intercourse or NI) Mr F will be the legal parent of the child, but if it was the result of artificial insemination (AI) the question of parentage depends on the effect of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
Peter Jackson J
[2013] EWHC 1901 (Fam)
Bailii
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
England and Wales
Children
Updated: 17 November 2021; Ref: scu.513770