Woman loses appeal over child’s birth certificate after ex-wife had sex with donor

The woman took her case to the court of appeal after an earlier ruling found she could not be considered a parent because the method of the child’s conception was unclear. Photograph: Nikreates/Alamy

A woman has lost a court of appeal challenge over her name being removed from a child’s birth certificate after her ex-wife admitted she secretly had sex with their sperm donor.

The “unprecedented” and “unusual” case centred on the question of who were the legal parents of a girl, now aged six.