A JUDGE has ordered a sperm donor’s name as “father’’ of a lesbian couple’s two children be removed from the birth certificate.

It is believed to be the first court decision of its kind in Queensland.

The biological mother’s female de facto partner will instead be named as the children’s “parent’ on their birth certificates, after Justice Ann Lyons made an order on May 9.

The sperm donor, who did not consent to the orders made in the Supreme Court, is separately seeking ongoing contact with the children through the Federal Circuit Court.

The women decided they wanted to become parents by artificial insemination, using a known sperm donor, more than 10 years ago.

They contacted the sperm donor after seeing his name on a website, the Supreme Court was told.

The mother said the man indicated he was interested in donating sperm, but said words to the effect that “I’m happy to put my DNA into the world but I do not really want to be a parent’’.

She claimed after they met he told them he only wanted to be casually known by his first name to any child born and never in a parental role.

But he claimed it was agreed that any children born as a result of the arrangement would know him as their father and he would be listed as father on their birth certificates.

A child was born after one of the women was artificially inseminated by her partner, using the donor sperm.

The mother claimed a Centrelink officer told her the law regarded her as a single mother and to avoid losing social security benefits she should record the father’s name on the birth certificate.

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A second child was born two years later as a result of similar insemination and the sperm donor’s name was again registered as father, the court heard.

The sperm donor has not had any contact with the children since August 2010, but attempted to resume contact last year.

In 2012 the women told the children, both under the age of 10, about his role in their conception.

Queensland’s Surrogacy Act of 2010 allows same sex partners to be recorded as “mother’’ and “parent’’ on birth certificates of any child conceived with the consent of the other.

The man who produced the semen has no rights or liabilities relating to a child born as a result of such a pregnancy.

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