What is the difference between parental responsibility and legal parenthood?

by Franklyn | Jan 10, 2020 | Adoption

Parental responsibility and legal parenthood are legal terms which relate to the rights and responsibilities which parents and other adults have in relation to children. Both are possible at once but also individually without the other. Below, we look at the nuances...

I’m a single parent through surrogacy – should I apply for a parental order?

by Franklyn | Jan 29, 2019 | Surrogacy

Following our last blog about the law change for law change for single parents through surrogacy, we’ve been talking to single mums and dads considering applying for parental orders. We understand the family court is busy with applications and we have already made a...

Streamlining declarations of parentage after sperm donation – Article published in The Review

by Natalie | Oct 22, 2018 | Conception

We have written an article, published in The Review, the journal for English family lawyers, about the recent NGA case of AD to AH (2017) and what it means for parents through sperm donation. The case is the latest in a string of cases in which errors at fertility...

What happens when fertility clinics get legal parenthood wrong?

by Franklyn | Mar 23, 2018 | Conception

If you are an unmarried couple conceiving with donor sperm at a fertility clinic in the UK, then you rely on your clinic both to provide good medical care and to ensure you will both become the legal parents of your child. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...

High Court resolves legal parentage for couples having donor sperm treatment at UK fertility clinics

by Franklyn | Sep 16, 2016 | Conception, Embryos and Donation Storage

Further to our blog last September about administrative errors made by IVF clinic there have been another run of declaration of parentage cases, nicknamed the “Alphabet” cases, before the President of the Family Division. Following a national audit of fertility...