Nick Green died suddenly in November 2021, aged just 35, tragically just days before his partner of four years Gemma Walters gave birth to their first child. What should have been the happiest time of their lives turned to heartbreak when Nick collapsed from an undiagnosed heart condition and died at the gym where he was a regular.
Giving birth alone piled on the agony for Gemma, 39, who lives in Borrowash, Derbyshire, but life got even harder for the grieving mum when she went to register new-born daughter Olivia's birth and was told that Nick could not be on the birth certificate because the couple were not married. That news began a nightmare that has cost her thousands of pounds and has involved a DNA test and a hearing in the High Court.
Tears frequently interrupting Gemma's words, she told Derbyshire Live that the period the pair spent as a couple before Nick's death was a "magical time". She said: "Everything was going well with the pregnancy, we had everything set up and in place and Nick was so looking forward to being a father for the first time.
