Supreme Court finds no policy barriers to recognising overseas adoption of children born through surrogacy

Judge said it was 'very distressing' for the family involved that this question remained unresolved for more than five years of the children’s lives

It was 'profoundly unsatisfactory' that the absence of legislation in this area means these issues must be resolved by judicial proceedings, the court said. Picture: PA

There is no existing public policy barrier to recognising a Northern Irish man’s overseas stepparent adoption of his husband’s genetic twins born through a commercial surrogacy arrangement, the Supreme Court has ruled.

A woman donated an egg, while another woman in the US carried and gave birth to the children pursuant to a lawful commercial arrangement that agreed the couple were the intended parents.