The court was asked ‘What is the proper place of the biological father in a same-sex female family intended to be self sufficient?’ The two mothers were civil partners, and the child had been conceived through the fatherhood of the applicant. He accepted that the mothers should care for the child as a family, but asked that he should have contact.
Held: There is no normative pattern for contact in such cases, and each must be treated within its own factual matrix. There should be contact in this case four times a year under supervision.
Judges:
Hedley J
Citations:
[2007] EWHC 1952 (Fam)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Family, Children
Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.267152