A man has legally disowned twins that were conceived during a threesome with his wife and another man as he has claimed that he is infertile.
The man from New Zealand successfully disowned his twin daughters and asserted his newfound independence, describing himself as "sexually free."
The case was resolved earlier this year but only came to public attention this week when documents were released by the Family Court, as reported by the Daily Mail.
The legal battle unfolded as the man sought to have his name removed from his twin daughters' birth certificates, marking a significant turning point in a tumultuous post-divorce situation.
The former couple had separated around two years ago but officially divorced only three months prior to this recent court decision.
His ex-wife claimed that his actions were driven by a desire to avoid child support obligations, while the man insisted he was motivated by the need to "defend his honor."
The couple had previously adopted children together, but the man had undergone a vasectomy some 12 years before the twins, who are now teenagers, were born.
What makes this case unique is the circumstances surrounding the twins' conception. At the time, the ex-couple was engaging in regular threesomes with another man, who is believed to be the biological father of the twins. Their mother contended that the arrangement was made to help her become pregnant, a claim her ex-husband vehemently denied.
In her ruling, Judge Traicee McKenzie acknowledged the point of disagreement, saying: "Whether this was for pleasure or to conceive a child remains a point of disagreement, but the fact is that the parties were in this arrangement at the time of conception."
After the couple's separation, their relationships soured, leading to the legal battle that unfolded in the Family Court. Despite not believing he was the father, the twins took the ex-husband's surname, and his name was listed on their birth certificates. However, he sought to remove his name from the documents.
Their mother argued that her ex-husband was involved in the twins' lives, taking them on holidays and buying them presents, with the girls even calling him "Dad." Nevertheless, she acknowledged that he was not a "hands-on" father.
The man vehemently denied her claims, asserting that he had holidayed with the girls only once and cut contact with them immediately following the separation.
Judge McKenzie took into account the man's "rigid, consistent, and immoveable views" since the separation, emphasizing that he had made it clear from the outset that he wanted no relationship with the twins.
She noted: "There was no evidence in any detail of the nature of that relationship. No evidence of any expression of love or affection between them that would have been expected between a father and his daughter. They were children who lived in his house."
Ultimately, the man was granted a non-paternity order, effectively removing his name from the twins' birth certificates.
