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Private Custody Pact Holds as DNA Rules Baby Unrelated

6/19/2026

Center

Score Wins Custody

Both families signed a private custody pact that stresses continued friendship, sidestepping a lengthy court fight.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills retain custody of baby Shea in Florida after a judge approved agreement with her parents.
Early 2026 testing showed Shea is 100% South Asian and unrelated to Score or Mills.
They sued over errors at Fertility Center of Orlando, now-closed, and sent embryo for testing.

Right

Score Secures Custody

The couple discovered after their daughter’s birth that the IVF embryo was not theirs, leading to genetic testing.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills secured a custody agreement in Central Florida, retaining custody while acknowledging the child’s biological parents.
Lawsuit by Tiffany Score and Steven Mills demanded notifications, coverage, parentage disclosure from Fertility Center.
A new clinic will test a transferred embryo, while the closed Fertility Center confronts lawsuits.

Blindspot

Center coverage gave less weight to the genetic testing result that Shea is 100 % South Asian and has no biological connection to Score and Mills, which the Right summary does not mention.
Center coverage emphasized the couple’s consideration of an amended complaint for damages, a detail absent from the Right summary.

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Score Wins Custody

Both families signed a private custody pact that stresses continued friendship, sidestepping a lengthy court fight.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills retain custody of baby Shea in Florida after a judge approved agreement with her parents.
Early 2026 testing showed Shea is 100% South Asian and unrelated to Score or Mills.
They sued over errors at Fertility Center of Orlando, now-closed, and sent embryo for testing.

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