{"id":1825,"date":"2019-07-05T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2019-07-07T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T14:22:57","slug":"australias-high-court-rules-in-favor-of-sperm-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/australias-high-court-rules-in-favor-of-sperm-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s High Court Rules In Favor of Sperm Donor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a <\/span>recent blog post<\/span><\/a>, we shared the story of a court battle being waged in Australia over a sperm donor\u2019s parental rights for a now 11-year old child. Her mothers argued that the girl\u2019s biological father was simply a sperm donor. While his name appears on their daughter\u2019s birth certificate, the women don\u2019t feel he should have any parental rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For his part, the biological father claimed he has played an active and continuous role in the girl\u2019s upbringing, despite the fact that he had a falling out with her mothers. When a lower court ruled that he did not have the right to prevent the girl\u2019s mothers from moving with her to New Zealand, he appealed the decision to Australia\u2019s High Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

The High Court\u2019s decision came in mid-June, with a ruling that may impact other families who conceive with the help of donor sperm or donor eggs. In short, the court sided with the biological father, finding that he is a legal parent of the girl. This ruling was based in large part on what the court believed were the man\u2019s efforts and established intention to forge a meaningful relationship with, and to co-parent, the child.<\/span><\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether this will spur other sperm or egg donors to pursue parental rights; the facts of this specific case make it different from a situation where an anonymous sperm or egg donor with no attachment to a child other than biological later pursues parental rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing is certain, however: Clarifying and documenting the intentions of all parties \u2013 the intended parents and the donor or gestational carrier \u2013 can go a long way in protecting your rights, and the rights of your children conceived with the assistance of a surrogate, egg donor, sperm donor or via embryo donation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To find out more about how The Surrogacy Law Center can help, <\/span>contact us<\/span><\/a> today!<\/span><\/p>\n

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