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Malaysia Case Law

Parental consent for ivf
  • 21 Feb 2025

    R A H R A L

    Citation
    WA-24F-190-07/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    WA-24F-190-07/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    In the absence of statutory recognition of embryos as persons and lacking any written agreements, the Court held embryos are neither persons nor ordinary property; control of the two frozen embryos was awarded to the Applicant because she bore primary financial responsibility for their preservation, but that control was conditional to protect the Respondent from involuntary parenthood and financial liability. Lump‑sum maintenance was refused as impermissible and impractical under the Guardianship of Infants Act; periodic maintenance of MYR1,500 monthly (with 10% annual increment) was ordered,…