Sperm Donor No More
Some men gain a certain satisfaction beyond the minimal monetary reward, for donating sperm to a couple who desire children. But some lesbian parents want to make the sperm donor pay for his generosity--and pay--and pay--and pay . . . .In what legal experts are calling a precedent, a three-judge panel of the state Superior Court has ruled that a York County man must pay child support for two children of a lesbian couple for whom he acted as a sperm donor.Source
No, the photo above is not of the proud parents. The actual proud and self-satisfied parents are pictured below.
Labels: society and the law
posted by al fin at 8:13 am
2 Comments:
The donor in that case made the financial mistake of getting involved in the birth and life of the baby and giving money during the life of the baby.
I would equate as biological palimony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimony
So it would not be applicable in most other cases.
I also think it is like the cases of consultants getting declared to be employees after the fact and getting stock payments. The law ends up using a bunch of rules to define who is or is not something even if the title or description says something else.
Yes, this is definitely blurring the lines--which is what judges enjoy doing. It seems to make them feel important.
If it goes far enough up the line, I would expect the SCOTUS to reject the panel's line of reasoning. It probably won't make it that far.
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