Were they in a de facto relationship at the time of the IVF conception? Which case won?
A case heard in the Family Court centred on a dispute between two women who were in a same-sex relationship and had a child through IVF.
The women commenced a de facto relationship in 2004, sharing a residence for the following seven years.
In July 2011, one of the women underwent a successful IVF procedure. The donor of the egg for this procedure was the other woman.
However, the relationship was a tumultuous one. On 21 March 2011, prior to the IVF procedure, the woman who was to be the donor moved out of the residence that the women had shared.