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The applicant and the mother have operated as joint parents in an enduring family relationship, satisfying statutory requirements for adoption. L's welfare and wishes overwhelmingly support the adoption order.
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J v K & Anor [2025] EWHC 1268 (Fam) (21 May 2025)
The High Court granted an adoption order to a father figure who had co-parented the child for most of his life, finding the family relationship met the ACA 2002 test.
X (Foreign Surrogacy; Death of Intended Parent), Re [2022] EWFC 34 (04 March 2022)
Family Court granted a declaration of parentage and a parental order after a surrogacy arrangement in Uganda, despite the death of one intended parent.
The Family Court granted a parental order for a child born through foreign surrogacy, finding the applicants in a platonic relationship met the statutory test.
W & Anor v Y & Anor [2021] EWFC 119 (16 July 2021)
The Family Court granted a parental order for a child born through Georgia surrogacy, finding the applicants’ platonic relationship was an enduring family relationship.
Z (Parental Order: Child's Home) [2021] EWHC 29 (Fam) (15 January 2021)
The court granted a parental order to a same-sex couple after a Colombian surrogacy arrangement, holding the statutory criteria in s.54 HFEA 2008 were met.
The court granted a parental order for a surrogacy-born child, holding the applicants met the statutory requirements despite their separation before judgment.
The court granted parental orders for twins born through Thai surrogacy, finding the applicants were in an enduring family relationship and authorising payments under s 54(8).
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