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Orange County Circuit Court

A Florida couple is suing an Orlando fertility clinic for an alleged embryo mixup that resulted in the birth of a “non-Caucasian child.”

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills accused the Orlando fertility clinic IVF Life, Inc., and its head reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Milton McNichol, for implanting another patient’s embryo in her uterus in April 2025, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

In 2020, Tiffany and Steven stored three viable embryos at the clinic for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) implantation at a later date.

Five years later, Dr. McNichol implanted one of the embryos in Tiffany’s uterus, and she gave birth to a “beautiful, healthy female child” on Dec. 11, 2025, according to the lawsuit, obtained by Law & Crime.

The new parents immediately knew there was a mixup since they are “Caucasian” and the baby “displayed the physical appearance of a racially non-Caucasian child,” the lawsuit said, according to the New York Post.

Genetic testing later confirmed their suspicions: the baby is not their biological child.

The couple’s attorney, John Scarola, said he sent the clinic a letter on Jan. 5, demanding it unite the baby “with her genetic parents” and explain what happened to his clients’ embryos.

Tiffany and Steven fear another woman may have been implanted with their embryo and could be pregnant or raising their child.

The lawsuit states the couple formed an “intensely strong emotional bond” with the unborn baby during the pregnancy and that their bond continues to grow.

“They have fallen in love with this child,” Scarola told the Orlando Sentinel.

Scarola said Tiffany and Steven feel a moral obligation to turn the child over to her rightful parents.

“They would be thrilled in the knowledge that they could raise this child. But their concern is that this is someone else’s child, and someone could show up at any time and claim the baby and take that baby away from them,” Scarola said.