Girl told to stay in touch with ‘two dads’

A 14-year-old British girl who was born as a result of donor fertilisation has been ordered to stay in touch with her ‘two fathers’.
Girl told to stay in touch with ‘two dads’

The girl, who has been at the centre of litigation between her two fathers and two mothers for half her life, was represented by a lawyer at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court, and invoked provisions of the 1989 Children Act in a bid to persuade a judge she should be left to “reach her own conclusions”.

However, Mr Justice Cobb has ruled that it is in her best interests to have a “limited form of relationship” with her ‘fathers’.

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