Should Sperm Donors Be Held Financially Responsible?
Three years after a Kansas man donated his sperm, the state wants him to pay child support.
A mechanic who answered a Craigslist ad to donate his sperm to a lesbian couple, is now being pursued by the State of Kansas for child support, reports the Kansas City Star. In 2009, Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner entered into an agreement with the donor, William Marotta to provide his sperm. They signed a contract that outlined he would be free from any financial responsibility as well as parental privileges, according to the newspaper. The legal contract stated Marotta was not responsible “for any child support payments demanded of him by any other person or entity, public or private, including any district attorney’s office or other state or county agency, regardless of the circumstances or said demand.” Although the women offered…
Betty Smith
2:43 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
I do not think the sperm donor should be held responsible for child support. This was an agreement between the lesbian couple and the donor with an agreement that he would not be financially responsible. The article states that "the mother fell into financial hardship". What about her partner? Was the financial hardship caused by a split in the relationship? If that is the case, the partner … more ›