What is Fertility and Conception?
This is an area of the law which deals with the other ways that children can be conceived. There are many matters to be dealt with when choosing to go forward with fertility treatments. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 provides the legal framework for issues such as legal parenthood, partner and donor consent and parental rights and responsibilities.
This case dealt with the legal status of a sperm donor under section 42 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA).
Our Approach
Our dedicated Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility team provide clients with specialised advice on a topic in which the law is ever-changing. We have been involved in a number of landmark cases which have influenced how this area of law has evolved and are therefore able to offer our clients the benefit of that considerable experience. Our team keep up to date with relevant changes in the law so that they can provide quality advice.
Get in touch with our fertility and conception solicitors
Please get in touch using whatever method is easiest for you. If you want to discuss fertility and conception, contact Goodman Ray Solicitors on 020 7608 1227 or contact us online through our website or by emailing us at mail@goodmanray.com.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The law is complex and the main issue surrounding this is your relationship status at the time of conception for example married, in a civil partnership, single and who is named on the child’s birth certificate.
Assisted reproduction allows someone to become pregnant through a certain type of treatment, without the need for sexual intercourse. Examples of fertility treatments are as follows: In vitro Fertilisation (IVF), Donor insemination, Egg donation. These treatments are regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
If you give birth to a child, you will be the legal mother, even if the egg that was used was donated. If you donate sperm through a fertility clinic regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, you will not be named on the birth certificate and you will not have any legal rights over that child. You do not have any financial obligations over the child.
No. Single women can undergo treatment with donor sperm. Single men can also undergo fertility treatment using donor eggs or both IVF and a surrogate.
If you are genetically related to your child, you can apply for a parental order. This must be completed within 6 months of the child’s birth and the child must permanently live with you. If you are not related to the child, adoption is the only way that you can become the legal parent of the child. This is also something that our team here at Goodman Ray can assist you with.
