US EditionParents Sue Clinic After Giving Birth to Baby Who Is Not Genetically Theirs
The couple seeks court orders for clinic-funded genetic testing to identify affected families and clarify embryo handling after a 2025 IVF error led to a non-genetic child’s birth.
- On January 22, Tiffany Score and Steven Mills sued IVF Life Inc and Dr Milton McNichol in Orange County Circuit Court after genetic testing showed their daughter Shea is unrelated to them.
- Having created and frozen three embryos in 2020, the couple says an embryo belonging to another patient was transferred last year, possibly during storage or transfer at IVF Life Inc.
- Seeking answers, the couple wants the clinic to notify other patients and fund broad genetic testing, as they say they have fallen in love with the child and aim to identify her genetic parents.
- Following a case hearing on Wednesday, the court ordered submissions and set a key hearing for Friday, while Judge Schreiber noted limited Florida precedent.
- The case could affect other families with embryos at the clinic, as Florida law generally favors genetic parents and Dr Milton McNichol faced prior reprimand and a $5,000 fine.
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Embryo Mix-Up in US: Florida Couple Sues Orlando IVF Clinic After DNA Test Reveals Newborn Baby Is Not Theirs
A Florida couple, Tiffany Score and Steven Mills, have sued a Florida IVF clinic after a DNA test revealed their newborn daughter is not biologically theirs. The lawsuit against the Fertility Centre of Orlando alleges a major embryo mix-up, sparking a search for the child's genetic parents and the couple's own biological child. Embryo Mix-Up in US: Florida Couple Sues Orlando IVF Clinic After DNA Test Reveals Newborn Baby Is Not Theirs.
A couple in the United States have filed a lawsuit against an assisted fertilization clinic in the state of Florida after the woman gave birth to a baby that does not genetically correspond to either parent. The mistake came to light after the birth of the child, when both parents, of white race, found that the newborn is of black race.
Couple Sues IVF Clinic Over Alleged Embryo Mix-Up
A Florida couple says the baby they brought home in December isn't biologically theirs, and they're taking things to court to find out whose she is. In a lawsuit against the Fertility Center of Orlando and doctor Milton McNichol, Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say they created and froze three...
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