Point. IANAL, nor familiar with UK family law, but the phrasing - "P revealed the truth about her encounter with their donor, and secured a court declaration e

Point. IANAL, nor familiar with UK family law, but the phrasing - "P revealed the truth about her encounter with their donor, and secured a court declaration earlier this year that F was the child’s legal parent." - does not claim F's consent to that legal tactic. OTOH, phrases such as "F was at that time no more than a means to an end", and "after a separate welfare hearing a judge had given all three adults parental responsibility" would suggest that F has changed his position - actively wishing for a serious parenting role, and also looking (to the judge) like plausibly-good parent material.