Sperm donor pays child support to lesbian couple
A sperm donor who helped a lesbian couple conceive two children is liable for child support under a state appeals-court ruling that a legal expert believes might be the first of its kind.
A Superior Court panel last week ordered a Dauphin County judge to establish how much Carl L. Frampton Jr. would have to pay to the birth mother of an 8-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl.
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A Superior Court panel last week ordered a Dauphin County judge to establish how much Carl L. Frampton Jr. would have to pay to the birth mother of an 8-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl.
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posted by BreadBreaker at 7:51 PM
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There's actually a bit more to the story than that. The donor had been a part of the kids' lives since their birth. He had helped to support them and encouraged them to call him "Papa." When the same-sex couple split up, the donor was granted shared legal and physical custody of the kids.
The really interesting case will be Ferguson v. McKiernan, pending in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where a married woman promised a man she would never look to him for support if he would impregnate her. He did, her husband divorced her, and she sued the sperm donor for child support. The lower Pennsylvania court granted the request for child support.
Jimmy Verner
jverner@childsupportweb.com
www.childsupportweb.com
www.vernerbrumley.com
Thanks, Jimmy. The full version of the article does go over that part. Thanks for the heads-up about Ferguson Vs. McKiernan too.
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