Frozen Embryo Inheritance Claim Fails

In Guangdong Province, China, a woman surnamed Ling had an affair with a married businessman surnamed Wen, who died in a traffic accident in January 2021. Three months later, Ling underwent an embryo transfer using an embryo she claimed they had created and frozen before his death, and she gave birth to a boy in December 2021. In 2023, she sued Wen's wife and son on the child's behalf for a share of his life insurance, real estate, and company equity. A court rejected the claim because Ling could not prove that Wen had consented to the posthumous transfer or that the boy qualified as his legal heir.

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