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Legal Parentage in the Context of Surrogacy: a review of X v Z (Parental Order Adult)

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Date:25 AUG 2022
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Deirdre Fottrell QC, 1GC Family Law, instructed by Russell-Cooke LLP,
acted for the applicants
Sharon Segal, 1GC Family Law, instructed by Goodman Ray Solicitors
LLP, acted for the subject adult child

 

Deirdre Fottrell QC and Sharon Segal provide a legal analysis of the ground-breaking surrogacy case of X v Z (Parental Order Adult) [2022] EWFC 26. This was the first case in which the Family Court considered an application for a parental order for an adult ‘child’ born of a surrogacy arrangement.

The full article will be published in the September issue of Family Law. 

 

 

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