High court quashes adoption, which couple were forced into after registrar wrongly permitted only one mother’s name on child’s birth certificate
A woman in a same-sex relationship who was forced to adopt her daughter because officials refused to register her as her child’s mother has secured a high court ruling quashing the adoption.
Sarah Osborne, 48, and Helen Arnold, 48, had a baby with the help of IVF in 2014 but Osborne was forced to go through the “painful and humiliating” process of formally adopting her child – including being interviewed by social workers about her suitability as a parent and undergoing criminal records checks.
