What is the difference between parental responsibility and legal parenthood?

by Robyn | Nov 19, 2025 | Adoption, Donor conception, LGBT+ family building, Surrogacy

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...

Parental responsibility granted in a disputed lesbian parenting case – Article published in The Review

by Franklyn | Jun 4, 2021 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

We have written an article, published in The Review, about an important recent decision on same-sex parenting where the High Court ruled in favour of a non-birth lesbian mother seeking parental responsibility despite her lack of legal parenthood. Read the article in...

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

by Natalie | Oct 22, 2018 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

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...

Two mums and a baby – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine

by Natalie | Oct 21, 2009 | Donor conception, LGBT+ family building

We have written an article, published in Fertility Network UK magazine, summarising the new law for same-sex parents conceiving children together. Read ‘Two mums and a baby: same-sex parents and the new rules on birth certificates’. The UK’s leading...