"Robert Albon, who calls himself Joe Donor and advertises on Facebook and Instagram, offers sperm donation in several unlicensed ways. He made a declaration of parentage application to the Family Court after discovering a couple he donated sperm to had named the mother's partner as the father on the baby's birth certificate."
"The Family Court's top judge, Sir Andrew McFarlane, dismissed Albon's application and said 'the facts of this case are extreme'. It is agreed that Albon, who is originally from the United States and in his 50s, is the biological father of the child in this case."
"The couple paid Albon 100 in cash and a 150 Amazon gift card before she got pregnant via artificial insemination. By the time the child was born, the mother's partner had begun identifying as a trans man and was registered on the birth certificate as the father."
"Albon, who is adopted, made the point in court documents that not knowing the identity of his birth parents - and having what he considers an incorrect birth certificate himself - had significant emotional implications."
Robert Albon, known as Joe Donor, has fathered 180 children through unlicensed sperm donations. He applied to the Family Court to be named on a child's birth certificate but was denied. The court ruled that the child's mother, in a lesbian relationship, had named her partner as the father. Albon received cash and a gift card for his donation. The couple did not want Albon involved in the child's life, planning to explain the child's origins later. Public interest led to Albon's identification despite typical anonymity in such cases.
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