(Family Division, Knowles J, 2 February 2022)
Parental order – International surrogacy arrangements – Unable to confer Danish citizenship and parentage upon children through US surrogacy as biological father British – Applications for UK parental orders outside the 6-month time limit – HFEA 2008, s 54(3).
Knowles J held that HFEA 2008, s 54(3) did not prevent the court making an order merely because the application was made after the expiration of the 6-month period following birth, if appropriate on the particular facts of the case.
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MRS JUSTICE KNOWLES
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Re X, Y and Z (Children: Parental Orders: Time Limit)
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Hearing date: 7 December 2021
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Approved Judgment
I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
Judgment: Re X Y and Z (Children Parental Orders Time Limit) [2022] EWHC 198 (Fam)
