Index card YW v A

YW v A

Hearings

England & Wales

29 Oct 2024 [2024] EWHC 3548 (Fam); [2025] 4 WLR 27; [2025] WLR(D) 102, KBD (Gwynneth Knowles J)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Parental order — Couple domiciled in England entering into surrogacy arrangement abroad and applying for parental order — Father serving term of imprisonment — Whether recently concluded term of imprisonment precluding fulfilment of statutory requirement that child’s home be with applicants — Whether preventing making of parental order on welfare grounds — Weight to be given to public policy considerations — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c 22), s 54(4)(a)

[2024] EWHC 3548 (Fam); [2025] 4 WLR 27; [2025] WLR(D) 102, KBD

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