Z and Y (Leave to Withdraw Application for a Parental Order) [2019] EWFC 43

In this short judgment Mrs Justice Theis granted permission for the applicants to withdraw their application for a parental order under section 54 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA 2008). The children’s guardian recommended that the court did not make the parental order initially sought by the applicants due to the absence of certain information required under s.54 HFEA. It was not possible to obtain this information from the applicants as they had stopped engaging with the court proceedings.