Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Florida couple reached a custody agreement with the biological parents of a baby born in an IVF mix-up. Tiffany Score, the birth mother, shared on Instagram that she and her partner, Steven Mills, have met with the biological parents multiple times and reached an agreement. “We have since met with (the biological parents) on several occasions and have ultimately come to an agreement that allows us to retain full custody of Shea,” Score wrote. She described the genetic parents as “truly wonderful people” and said they plan to maintain a relationship with them. “While this chapter has brought more uncertainty and emotion than we could have ever imagined, this is the best outcome we could have hoped for,” she added. “Our hearts are full of gratitude and relief as we look forward to moving forward as a family.” BackgroundThe mix-up occurred at the Fertility Center of Orlando, which has since shut down. Score and Mills sued the clinic after their baby, born in December, displayed genetic traits that were clearly different from their own. They located the biological parents about two months ago, raising the question of who should raise the child. Lawyer for genetic parents speaks outRob Marcereau, the lawyer representing the genetic parents, said his clients agreed to let Score and Mills keep custody but described the decision as heartbreaking. “It’s just an impossible situation that all these folks have been placed in, and it’s all due to one thing, the very careless, negligent actions of a fertility doctor, Dr. McNichol,” Marcereau said. Marcereau added that his clients are devastated. The birth parents had another embryo stored at the Fertility Center of Orlando, which has since been transferred to a new clinic under the care of a different doctor. Both couples are pursuing legal action against the original clinic. Score and Mills have already filed a lawsuit, and Marcereau confirmed that the genetic parents are planning to do the same.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A Florida couple reached a custody agreement with the biological parents of a baby born in an IVF mix-up. <\/p>\n
Tiffany Score, the birth mother, shared on Instagram that she and her partner, Steven Mills, have met with the biological parents multiple times and reached an agreement. <\/p>\n
“We have since met with (the biological parents) on several occasions and have ultimately come to an agreement that allows us to retain full custody of Shea,” Score wrote. <\/p>\n
She described the genetic parents as “truly wonderful people” and said they plan to maintain a relationship with them. <\/p>\n
“While this chapter has brought more uncertainty and emotion than we could have ever imagined, this is the best outcome we could have hoped for,” she added. “Our hearts are full of gratitude and relief as we look forward to moving forward as a family.” <\/p>\n
Background<\/p>\n
The mix-up occurred at the Fertility Center of Orlando, which has since shut down. <\/p>\n
Score and Mills sued the clinic after their baby, born in December, displayed genetic traits that were clearly different from their own. They located the biological parents about two months ago, raising the question of who should raise the child. <\/p>\n
Lawyer for genetic parents speaks out<\/p>\n
Rob Marcereau, the lawyer representing the genetic parents, said his clients agreed to let Score and Mills keep custody but described the decision as heartbreaking. <\/p>\n
“It’s just an impossible situation that all these folks have been placed in, and it’s all due to one thing, the very careless, negligent actions of a fertility doctor, Dr. McNichol,” Marcereau said. <\/p>\n
Marcereau added that his clients are devastated. <\/p>\n
The birth parents had another embryo stored at the Fertility Center of Orlando, which has since been transferred to a new clinic under the care of a different doctor. <\/p>\n
Both couples are pursuing legal action against the original clinic. <\/p>\n
Score and Mills have already filed a lawsuit, and Marcereau confirmed that the genetic parents are planning to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THAT MAN WAS EITHER A BOYFRIEND OR EX-BOYFRIEND OF THE MOTHER. THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM THE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19709,129958,36155,128584,129961,67216,89135,62855,129960,80032,9702,139,141,129959,140,129957,990,106731,107178],"class_list":["post-311850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-baby","tag-biological-parent","tag-birth-mother","tag-custody-agreement","tag-dr-mcnichol","tag-fertility-center","tag-fields","tag-florida-couple","tag-full-custody","tag-genetic-parent","tag-lawyer","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-ivf-mix-up","tag-orlando-news","tag-outrob-marcereau","tag-relief","tag-steven-mills","tag-tiffany-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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