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Family Sues Florida Fertility Clinic After Their Child Is Found to Be Genetically Unrelated
The couple seeks the clinic's cooperation to identify the child's genetic parents and recover their embryos, emphasizing moral obligation over financial damages, attorneys said.
- Tiffany Score and Steven Mills sued the Fertility Center of Orlando over an alleged embryo mix-up that produced their daughter, Shea, who has no genetic link to them.
- They underwent IVF in April 2025 and their daughter was born in December via emergency C-section, after which Tiffany Score and Steven Mills noticed racial differences.
- A GoFundMe account for the family was launched to cover IVF costs, hospital bills, therapy, and efforts to find Shea's biological family and the couple's embryos.
- Seeking identification of genetic parents and retrieval of embryos, the couple's attorneys say the lawsuit does not seek significant damages now but asks the clinic to help locate Shea's genetic parents and their embryos.
- IVF costs typically run $25,000 to $40,000-plus, and the couple hopes to retrieve Score's frozen eggs stored seven years ago, USA TODAY Network reporters covering the story raise clinic accountability and patient trust issues.
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Family sues Florida fertility clinic after their child is found to be genetically unrelated
A couple in Florida is suing a local fertility clinic for implanting them with the wrong embryo, resulting in a child who has no genetic ties to either of her parents.Tiffany Score and Steven Mills underwent IVF treatment in April of 2025. The treatment was successful and their daughter Shea was born in December.But according to the lawsuit, genetic testing showed that Shea "had no genetic relationship to either of the plaintiffs.""While we are …
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills love their daughter Shea. But they're looking for her child's genetic parents and sued the baby's desire clinic where Shea was born, where she used the wrong embryo.
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