X v Y (Parental Rights: Insemination)

January 30, 2009 | No Comments

The sheriff granted an application for parental rights and responsibilities to a  homosexual man in respect of his son who had been born as a result of artificial insemination.    The father had agreed to be a donor for the mother and her lesbian partner in the belief that he would be allowed frequent access to the child.   The sheriff refused to make a similar order over the child in favour of the father’s male partner.

Full report available at:  2002 SLT (Sh. Ct.) 161

Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Child & Family Law

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