Overview
- A Central Florida couple sued IVF Life (Fertility Center of Orlando) after DNA tests showed the newborn they welcomed in December is not biologically related to either parent.
- At an emergency hearing before Judge Margaret Schreiber, both sides were ordered to submit expedited plans by Friday, and the clinic preliminarily agreed to conduct genetic testing.
- The plaintiffs seek court-ordered notifications to potentially affected patients, clinic-funded genetic testing for births tied to the clinic over the past five years, and an accounting of their embryos.
- Defense counsel cited consent and privacy constraints that could limit broad testing, with some genetic results expected to take several weeks.
- Florida law typically treats genetic parents as a child’s legal parents, heightening the stakes if the baby’s biological family is identified.