At the center of the reproductive embryo mix are the child’s biological parents. Still, a lawyer for the couple raising the children said a relocation was not planned or considered.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills are the Florida couple at the center of the saga.
Schor gave birth to a daughter on Dec. 11 after undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) at a fertility clinic in Orlando in April 2025, the clinic, IVF Life Inc. and Dr. Milton McNichol, according to a January lawsuit filed against the doctor who ran the practice.
A photo of Tiffany Schor and Steven Mills with their baby. The child’s face was blurred by the family’s lawyer.
The child she gave birth to appeared to be of a different race than Score and Mills, who are both white, and tests showed she had “no genetic link” to either parent, according to the lawsuit.
The baby has been under the couple’s care since birth. Here’s a look back at the case and what might happen now that the biological parents are found.
‘We will and will forever love this child’s parents’
In an April 23 email statement provided to USA TODAY, the couple’s attorney, Jack Scarola, said genetic test results recently confirmed the identity of the child’s biological parents. However, their identities have not been released due to requests for confidentiality.
“This ends a chapter in our heartbreaking journey, but it raises new issues that will have to be resolved,” the couple said in a written statement provided by their attorney. “Questions about the nature of our own embryos are still unanswered, and under the circumstances now existing, the answers to those questions will never be possible.
“The only thing that is as certain today as it was the day our daughter was born – we will always love and be this child’s parents.”
The couple believe their only remaining embryo is at the clinic. According to court documents, shipping arrangements for the embryos are being made in early May. The couple found another facility for treatment.
According to the lawsuit, the couple remains concerned that other patients may have implanted their embryos, are pregnant or are the parents of one or more of their children.
The clinic in the lawsuit requests free genetic testing of all patients and children born from embryo transplants during the past five years, the time the clinic held the couple’s embryos.
A photo of Tiffany Schor with her baby. The child’s face was blurred by the family’s lawyer.
What happened to the fertility clinic the couple used?
Earlier this year, the clinic sent a letter to patients informing them of the closure. The clinic simultaneously announced that CNY Fertility will open at the same location. The reason for the closure was not mentioned in the letter.
The business also did not say when its last day of operations would be, but asked patients to arrange for the transfer of all cryopreserved samples no later than April 15. The plaintiffs allege in court records that McNicol was associated with the entity that took over the clinic.
What happens after the biological parents are identified?
It is unclear what happens now that the child’s biological parents are located. Scarola confirmed in an email to USA Today that the couple is not in the process of handing over the baby to her genetic parents.
A status report filed on April 22 says the biological parents and the couple will meet in person about next steps.
Although there is no current planned relocation, the lawsuit adds that Mills will voluntarily place him in her care, but the child must be legally and morally united with his genetic parents as long as they are fit, able and willing to take him in, the complaint notes.
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The lawsuit does not seek specific damages.
“There is no adequate remedy at law for the continuing loss, injury and damages suffered by the plaintiffs as a direct result of the acts and omissions described above on the part of the defendants,” the lawsuit states.
Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA Today. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com.
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