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Florida IVF mix-up: Custody agreement reached after fertility clinic ... Florida couple to keep baby after IVF embryo mix-up A Florida couple who gave birth to and raised a baby girl after an apparent IVF embryo mix-up will retain custody of the child under an agreement reached with the girl's biological parents, according to developments disclosed during a recent court hearing. The Brief Tiffany Score and Steven Mills have reached a confidential custody agreement confirming they will remain the permanent custodial parents of their daughter, Shea, after a major Orlando IVF clinic mix-up resulted in Score giving birth to a child of a different ethnicity. DNA testing tracking a March 2020 egg retrieval group successfully identified the child's anonymous biological mother, Patient 004, enabling both families to settle custody matters privately outside of court. Meanwhile, the couple's broader medical malpractice lawsuit remains open as the Fertility Center of Orlando permanently shuts down operations and attorneys investigate the location and genetic validity of the parents' remaining missing embryos. LONGWOOD, Fla. - The birth parents and genetic parents of a baby girl at the center…

ByWILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published:16:22 EDT, 15 June 2026|Updated:16:26 EDT, 15 June 2026 1 Viewcomments AFloridacouple who were implanted with another family's embryo in a shockingIVFmix-up say they will raise the baby girl as their own. Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say they have reached an agreement with the genetic parents of their baby girl Shea, allowing them to keep her. The parents, who are white, made headlines in December when they welcomed the baby girl, who is black, as they quickly realized Tiffany had given birth to the wrong child. They said they tracked down the identity of their daughter's biological parents in April, and told them that despite the mix-up they wanted to keep Shea no matter what. In a court hearing this week in Seminole County, a judge allowed a 'mutually devised custody agreement' that will allow the couple to 'continue as the permanent custodial parents of their daughter', reports the Orlando Sentinel. At Monday's hearing, Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schreiber said: 'I’m glad the parties have reached an agreement while this child is relatively young.' The case was decided in court as the bizarre mistake left their rights…

Florida couple will keep custody of baby in IVF embryo mix-up case Now 90° Wed 94° Thu 93° byEric Weiss ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS12) —A Central Florida couple who discovered after their daughter’s birththat she was not genetically relatedto either of them will continue raising the child under a custody agreement reached with herbiological parents, according to court records. Tiffany Score and Steven Mills had their daughter in December after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment through theFertility Center of Orlandoin Longwood. The couple later learned throughgenetic testingthat the embryo transferred during the procedure was not theirs. Court filings say the two families have reached a private custody arrangement. Under the agreement, Score and Mills will retain permanent legal custody of the baby girl. Other terms of the agreement were not made public. The development marks a major turn in a case that has drawn attention to safeguards and accountability in fertility treatment. Score and Millssued the clinic earlier this year, seeking answers about how the alleged embryo mix-up occurred, whether other patients were affected, and what happened to their own embryos. The …

Florida couple reaches custody agreement after IVF mix-up, documents show Florida couple reaches custody agreement after IVF mix-up, documents show PERFORMED ON THE DOGS FOUND DEAD IN SMITH’S HOME. A DEAL REACHED AFTER A MIX UP INVOLVING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR MONTHS, EVER SINCE A COUPLE FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THAT THEIR NEWBORN BABY WAS NOT GENETICALLY THEIRS. WESH TWO GREG FOX EXPLAINS THE DETAILS ON A CUSTODY AGREEMENT. I’M GLAD PARTIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WHILE THIS CHILD IS STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG. DURING A VIRTUAL COURT HEARING MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER THE CIVIL LAWSUIT INVOLVING AN IVF MIX UP SAID SHE WAS PLEASED THE COUPLE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENETIC PARENTS OF THEIR DAUGHTER TO RETAIN FULL CUSTODY. IT IS A. OUTSTANDING OUTCOME TO AN UNFORTUNATE, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, BLESSED EVENT, THE COUPLE ALLEGED IN THEIR NEGLIGENCE COMPLAINT AGAINST IVF LIFE DOING BUSINESS AS THE FERTILITY CENTER OF ORLANDO THAT THERE WERE LABORATORY CLINIC ERRORS THAT LED TO ANOTHER WOMAN’S EMBRYO BEING IMPLANTED, RESULTING IN THE MISTAKEN BIRTH. DNA TESTING PROVES THE BABY GIRL BORN LAST DECEMBER 11TH IS 100% SOUTH ASI…

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills hold their baby daughter who was born on Dec. 11, 2025 after an vitro fertilization prodedure. The couple is now suing IVF Life, a Longwood fertility clinic, after discovering the girl is not genetically their child. (Courtesy of attorney Mara Hatfield) By Martin E Comas | mcomas@orlandosentinel.com | Orlando Sentinel PUBLISHED: June 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM PDT | UPDATED: June 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM PDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The couple at the center of an embryo mix-up case involving a Seminole County fertility clinic will raise the baby girl the woman gave birth to in December even though it is not their biological child, according to an agreement they have reached with the genetic parents. “I’m glad the parties have reached an agreement while this child is relatively young,” Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schreiber said during a court Monday. According to the “mutually devised custody agreement,” Steven Mills and Tiffany Score will “continue as the permanent custodial parents of their daughter,” the couple’s attorney Mara Hatfield said in a court document filed Friday. In April, Mills and Score announced they had learned the identity of…

ByWILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published:16:22 EDT, 15 June 2026|Updated:16:26 EDT, 15 June 2026 1 Viewcomments AFloridacouple who were implanted with another family's embryo in a shockingIVFmix-up say they will raise the baby girl as their own. Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say they have reached an agreement with the genetic parents of their baby girl Shea, allowing them to keep her. The parents, who are white, made headlines in December when they welcomed the baby girl, who is black, as they quickly realized Tiffany had given birth to the wrong child. They said they tracked down the identity of their daughter's biological parents in April, and told them that despite the mix-up they wanted to keep Shea no matter what. In a court hearing this week in Seminole County, a judge allowed a 'mutually devised custody agreement' that will allow the couple to 'continue as the permanent custodial parents of their daughter', reports the Orlando Sentinel. At Monday's hearing, Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schreiber said: 'I’m glad the parties have reached an agreement while this child is relatively young.' The case was decided in court as the bizarre mistake left their rights…

Florida couple reaches custody agreement after IVF mix-up Florida couple reaches custody agreement after IVF mix-up, documents show Florida couple reaches custody agreement after IVF mix-up, documents show PERFORMED ON THE DOGS FOUND DEAD IN SMITH’S HOME. A DEAL REACHED AFTER A MIX UP INVOLVING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR MONTHS, EVER SINCE A COUPLE FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THAT THEIR NEWBORN BABY WAS NOT GENETICALLY THEIRS. WESH TWO GREG FOX EXPLAINS THE DETAILS ON A CUSTODY AGREEMENT. I’M GLAD PARTIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WHILE THIS CHILD IS STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG. DURING A VIRTUAL COURT HEARING MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER THE CIVIL LAWSUIT INVOLVING AN IVF MIX UP SAID SHE WAS PLEASED THE COUPLE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENETIC PARENTS OF THEIR DAUGHTER TO RETAIN FULL CUSTODY. IT IS A. OUTSTANDING OUTCOME TO AN UNFORTUNATE, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, BLESSED EVENT, THE COUPLE ALLEGED IN THEIR NEGLIGENCE COMPLAINT AGAINST IVF LIFE DOING BUSINESS AS THE FERTILITY CENTER OF ORLANDO THAT THERE WERE LABORATORY CLINIC ERRORS THAT LED TO ANOTHER WOMAN’S EMBRYO BEING IMPLANTED, RESULTING IN THE MISTAKEN BIRTH. DNA TESTING PRO…

Florida couple given wrong embryo will retain permanent custody of their child <p>Steven Mills and Tiffany Score reached an agreement with the biological parents of their child after fertility clinic’s mix-up</p><p>A Florida couple who learned they had been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/florida-fertility-clinic-embryo-lawsuit">given the wrong embryo</a> after their newborn, Shea, appeared to be of a different race, will retain permanent custody of the child.</p><p>Steven Mills and Tiffany Score reached a custody agreement with Shea’s biological parents – identified anonymously as Patient 004 – in a court filing last week from their lawsuit against the Florida clinic allegedly responsible for the embryo snafu.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/florida-couple-wrong-embryo-permanent-custody">Continue reading...</a>

Florida couple reaches custody agreement to keep baby who isn't genetically theirs after shocking IVF mix-up Tiffany Score and Steven Mills reached a custody agreement with the baby’s biological parents months after discovering the IVF embryo was not theirs.

Custody agreement reached for Florida baby at center of IVF mix-up ... Custody agreement reached for Florida baby at center of IVF mix-up, court documents say Lawsuit accuses fertility clinic of embryo mix-up Erika Briguglio , Investigative Producer Published: June 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM Updated: June 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM ORLANDO, Fla. – A Central Florida couple suing a fertility clinic over an embryo mix-up has reached a custody agreement with their baby girl’s biological parents, according to court documents. Steven Mills and Tiffany Score gave birth to the girl in December, after receiving IVF treatment through Fertility Center of Orlando, only to discover the child was not biologically related to them. Genetic testing later confirmed the mix-up. Steven Mills and Tiffany Score are suing a fertility clinic, accusing it of an embryo mix-up. (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) The couple filed a lawsuit against the Longwood-based clinic earlier this year. The lawsuit demands emergency relief for the following: Inform Patients: Compelling the clinic to disclose what happened to other relevant patients to determine whether the baby girl in this case is actually …