A Florida couple has accused a fertility clinic of mixing up embryos after the woman gave birth to a “non-Caucasian child.”
The New York Post reports that Tiffany Score and Steven Mills have sued the Orlando-based facility, IVF Life, after the couple welcomed a baby girl who is not biologically theirs. Score and Mills initially stored three embryos at the clinic in 2020 for in vitro fertilization.
According to the lawsuit, Score and Mills claimed that the clinic’s reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Milton McNichol, used an embryo from another patient when Score underwent fertility treatments in April 2025.
On Dec. 11, 2025, Score had a “beautiful, healthy female child,” but immediately noticed that their baby “displayed the physical appearance of a racially non-Caucasian child,” per the lawsuit. Genetic testing ultimately revealed that the baby has “no genetic relationship” with Score or Mills.
Prior to filing the lawsuit on Jan. 22, the couple’s attorney, John Scarola, sent a letter to the clinic, asking that the baby’s genetic parents be found and for an explanation of what happened to Score’s embryos. The couple is also afraid that another couple used their embryos, or is pregnant or raising their child.
The baby girl remains with Score and Mills, who have cultivated an “intensely strong emotional bond” with the child.
“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 told the Orlando Sentinel.
The couple is pursuing emergency court action to demand that the clinic contact patients affected by this incident, pay for genetic testing, and disclose whether other families have been impacted.
On Wednesday, during an emergency hearing before Judge Margaret Schreiber, Scarola blamed the clinic for its “horrendous error” and addressed the rarity of this case.
“There’s not a lot of Florida law for you all to reach a resolution that will provide the answers that the plaintiffs in this case are seeking, and the protections that the defendants are wanting to ensure remain in place for their clients,” Schreiber reportedly said.
McNichol is considered one of Orlando’s best fertility specialists, previously winning six Patients’ Choice Awards, four Compassionate Doctor recognitions, and a top 10 doctor ranking in Florida in 2014.