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30.The key statutory provision the court is concerned with is s 37 HFEA 2008 which provides [emphasis added]37
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- Introduction
- Relevant Background
- co-parents
- “Do you consent to embryos created before your death being transferred to your partner after your death, and to being registered as the legal parent of any child born from your partner’s treatment after your death (ie, posthumous birth registration)?
- or as co-parents’
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- The agreed fatherhood conditions
- (b) W has given the person responsible a notice stating that she consents to M being so treated,
- A notice under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) must be in writing and must be signed by the person giving it.
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