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... genetic father, Mr B, for a declaration of parentage under s 55A of the Family Law Act 1986, as inserted by s 83(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, on the basis that he was the donor of sperm mistakenly used to fertilise eggs belonging to the genetic mother, Mrs A, in the course of IVF treatment that Mr and Mrs A and Mrs and Mrs B had respectively been undergoing separately and that had resulted in the birth of twins to Mrs A. DAME ELIZABETH BUTLER-SLOSS P said that the main issue was to establish the legal parentage of the twins. Whilst under common law Mr B had the status of an unmarried father, the 1990 Act provided for certain persons to be treated as parents. The question was whether the facts fell within ...