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N, Re (Paternity: Unregulated Sperm Donor) [2026] EWHC 878 (Fam) (21 April 2026)
The court refused Mr Robert Albon’s declaration of parentage for a child conceived through unregulated sperm donation, finding public policy barred it.
The High Court refused Mr Albon’s paternity declaration over one child, holding that although paternity was proved, a declaration would be manifestly contrary to public policy.
Dorant v Dorant & Ors [2025] EWHC 3360 (Ch) (23 December 2025)
Kin inquiry in intestacy held that Stanley O'Brien Dorant was the biological father of McDonald, St Clair and Francis, but not Stella or Clyde.
The High Court allowed a father’s appeal against a finding of rape in Children Act proceedings, holding the trial judge had compartmentalised the evidence.
A (A Child) (Appeal: Finding of Rape) [2025] EWHC 1500 (Fam) (17 June 2025)
The High Court allowed a father’s appeal against a finding of rape in private law Children Act proceedings, holding the fact-finding judgment was too compartmentalised.
J, Re (Committal Decision) [2025] EWFC 80 (B) (28 March 2025)
The Family Court committed the mother to prison for 28 days for contempt after repeated refusal to comply with orders for J’s DNA sample in a paternity dispute.
The Family Court committed the mother to prison for 28 days for contempt after repeated failures to comply with DNA testing orders in private law children proceedings.
The court found that both F1 and F2 had sexual relations with M within the likely window for Child A's conception, making it impossible to determine paternity without further scientific testing. Both parents were found to have perpetrated over-harsh physical chastisement against the children, but no findings of coercive or controlling behaviour were made against either party.
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Elisabeth (Composite Hearing : Sham Prenatal Testing), Re [2024] EWFC 262 (B) (03 May 2024)
The court found sham prenatal paternity testing and brought the father back into the child’s life with shared care, schooling in Staffordshire, and baptism orders.
Child A and Child B, Re (Paternity: Identical Twins) [2024] EWFC 132 (B) (30 April 2024)
Fact-finding hearing over identical-twin paternity dispute and domestic abuse allegations. The court could not determine Child A’s father and found over-harsh chastisement by both parents.
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