State trying to make sperm donor pay child support
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Posted: 01/02/2013
TOPEKA, Kan. - A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.
Forty-six-year-old William Marotta told The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/132b7Ji) he's "a little scared about where this is going to go, primarily for financial reasons."
When he donated sperm to Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner in 2009, Marotta relinquished all parental rights, including financial responsibility to the child. When Bauer and Schreiner filed for state assistance this year, the state demanded the donor's name so it could collect child support for the now 3-year-old girl.
The state contends the agreement between Marotta and the women is not valid because Kansas law requires a licensed physician to perform artificial insemination.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com
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