lesbian parents

The complainant was a woman in an exclusive lesbian relationship for four years. The complainant and her partner wanted to have child but learned that donor insemination in Queensland would not be available for them, so the complainant traveled out of state to seek this treatment. She found the experience to be emotionally and financially draining, so she stopped the treatment. Thus, the complainant decided to try and ask the clinics in Queensland for the donor treatment. She found a clinic at which the respondent was a director.

A woman sought to be recognized as the legal parent of two children conceived by her former partner through in vitro fertilization during their long-term relationship. They were never married. Although the woman was not biologically related to the children and had not formally adopted them, she helped plan their conception, was present at their births, lived with them, and shared in their upbringing, financial support, and public representation as their mother.