Archive for February, 2014

In a ruling which underlined the central importance of a father’s role in a child’s life, a lesbian mother has failed in a High Court bid to expel her male ex-lover from a role in their baby son’s up-bringing – despite arguing that he was no more than a ‘sperm donor’. The little boy was conceived after the mother – who was in a civil partnership – met the father on a dating website and regularly had sexual intercourse with him, hoping that she would become pregnant. She hotly resisted the father’s bid for contact with the little boy on the basis that it would emotionally confuse and harm her son. However, in allowing the father’s application, the Court found that he also had good reason for wanting a child and that the toddler stood to benefit from his masculine input. ... Read more