Australia, May 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 30:
1. Before the Court is an application for a parentage order under the Surrogacy Act 2010 (the "Act"). The subject of the application is a child who is almost 12 months old. I will refer to her as N. Through their solicitor, the applicants accept that not all of the statutory requirements for the making of a parentage order have been met. They seek to have the Court make such an order anyway, on the ground that the present case involves "exceptional circumstances".
2. N was born pursuant to a surrogacy arrangement between her birth parents ("G" and "H") and her intended parents ("J" and "K"), who are the plaintiffs in the pro...