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Sperm donor liable for child support, judge rules
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by NotPhil | December 1, 2007 at 01:18 pm
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A New York man who said he donated sperm to a female co-worker as a friendly gesture and sent presents and cards to the child over the years likely will owe child support for the college-bound teenager, according to a judge's ruling."What's the saying? No good deed goes unpunished," said Deborah Kelly, a Garden City lawyer for the man [...]
Despite the mother's willingness to have the child's DNA tested, the man could not seek a paternity test to determine if he is the biological father because the results could have a "traumatic effect" upon the child, who is now 18 and lives in Oregon with the mother.
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at 13:41 on December 1st, 2007
I would think that there is an Understanding (with a capital "U") that the donor-recipient relationship implicitly assumes noninvolvement.
at 18:34 on December 1st, 2007
What goes around "comes" around...
at 08:01 on December 2nd, 2007
At first I was taken aback by this ruling, but in reading the entire article, it appears that this doctor is an idiot, and this case should not be seen as precedent-setting.
at 08:52 on January 6th, 2008
Update: The ruling has been overturned, and the donor is no longer liable for child support.
[q
url="http://www.nbc10.com/family/14966129/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=news"]A
woman who promised a sperm donor he would not have to pay child support
cannot renege on the deal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled.
The 3-2 decision overturns lower court rulings under which Joel L.
McKiernan had been paying up to $1,500 a month to support twin boys
born in August 1994 to Ivonne V. Ferguson, his former girlfriend and
co-worker.[/q]