# Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Section 42: Woman in civil partnership or marriage to a woman at time of treatment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If at the time of the placing in her of the embryo or the sperm and eggs or of her artificial insemination, W was a party to a civil partnership with another woman or a marriage with another woman, then subject to section 45(2) to (4), the other party to the civil partnership or marriage is to be treated as a parent of the child unless it is shown that she did not consent to the placing in W of the embryo or the sperm and eggs or to her artificial insemination (as the case may be).
(2) This section applies whether W was in the United Kingdom or elsewhere at the time mentioned in subsection (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/section-42
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