A father of children conceived by artificial insemination has won the right to share in the parenting obligations for the child despite the objections of the child’s mother and her lesbian partner.
The child was conceived after the father, who is in a stable gay relationship, took out an advertisement indicating that he wished to be a father.
The mother and her partner also wishes to have children and two children were born by artificial insemination by donor (AID )as a result of the arrangement. Unfortunately, the relationship between the father and mother of the children broke down, which led to court hearings to determine parental responsibility, residence and access issues.
The arguments went as far as the Court of Appeal, where both parents were criticised for their failures to resolve their issues by communication.
The father was granted a joint residency order for nearly half the year and the mother was given parental responsibility for them. The mother’s partner was added to the joint residency order in case of anything unforeseen happening to their mother.