Relatives are preparing for the funeral of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, who was at the center of a life-support treatment battle over the summer.

A High Court Family Division judge in London ruled in July that doctors could lawfully stop giving life support to the boy who suffered brain damage in an incident at his home in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in April.

Doctors stopped treatment in early August after Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, and father, Paul Battersbee, failed to overturn Mr Justice Hayden’s sentence.

Archie’s funeral is due to take place at 12pm on Tuesday at St Mary’s Church in Prittlewell, Southend.

His family was supported by a campaign group called the Christian Legal Centre.

A spokesman for the center said Reverend Paul Mackay will lead a service of music and poetry.

Judges were told Ms Dance found Archie unconscious with a ligature over his head on April 7.

She thinks he may have taken part in an online challenge.

The youth did not regain consciousness.

Doctors treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, thought he was brain dead and said continued life support was not in his best interests.

Bosses at the Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, have asked a High Court judge to make decisions about what medical steps are in Archie’s best interests.

Ms Justice Arbuthnot initially reviewed the case and concluded that Archie was dead.

However, the Court of Appeal judges upheld an appeal by Archie’s parents to Ms Justice Arbuthnot’s decision and said evidence should be reviewed by another High Court judge.

Mr Justice Hayden then ruled after a further hearing that ending treatment would be in Archie’s best interests.

Ms Dance is preparing to discuss the implications of the Archie case with a health minister.

She wrote to Steve Barclay, who was Health Secretary when Archie died, asking if she and MP Anna Firth could meet to talk.

Mr Barclay, who is no longer Health Secretary, replied that a minister would discuss Archie’s case.

The spokesman for the Christian Legal Center said no date had been set for a meeting.