Re J (Surrogacy: Adoption Order) [2025] EWHC 2960 (Fam)

In Re J (A Child) Surrogacy: Adoption Order [2025] EWHC 2960, Ms Justice Henke stated, this case is a cautionary tale of ‘what can go wrong when strangers who meet through social media to bring a child into the world through surrogacy and when one or more of the parties take risks around the circumstances of conception’. In these protracted proceedings due to the parties misleading the court concerning genetic testing, Ms Justice Henke made an adoption order for J, a 2 1/2 year old.