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Sperm Donor Ordered to Pay Child Support

Submitted by wottan

Edited by Shal

In the early 1990s a Swedish man donated his sperm to a lesbian couple, now he is being ordered by Supreme Court to pay child support for the three resulting children.


Although the man signed a document confirming he was the biological father of the children, he told the court the women agreed he would not be involved in their upbringing in any way.

But when the women separated, the biological mother of the three boys demanded child support payments from the man.



The trial passed through regular court, before the man took the appeal up with the Supreme court, where the ruling was upheld.

It definetly sucks for the guy, but I cannot see him having any legal recourse if the agreement of his non-involvement was not recorded in some sort of contract.

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Tadzi

Tadzi

Greeley, CO
April 2003

OCT 17, 2005 12:38 PM

only in america

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 12:44 PM

Tadzi said:
only in america



But isn't this in Sweden?

hello_kitten

hello_kitten

I'm lost
May 2004

OCT 17, 2005 12:53 PM

That's fucked up.

Tadzi

Tadzi

Greeley, CO
April 2003

OCT 17, 2005 01:18 PM

Subrosa said:

Tadzi said:
only in america



But isn't this in Sweden?




well i figured the guy was sweedish...but i figured that since it said supreme court, it meant the US supreme court, implying he was living in the US.

Oracle

Oracle

Courtenay, BC
September 2003

OCT 17, 2005 01:28 PM

a HUGE set back for gay marriages and equality.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 01:33 PM

Tadzi said:

Subrosa said:

Tadzi said:
only in america



But isn't this in Sweden?




well i figured the guy was sweedish...but i figured that since it said supreme court, it meant the US supreme court, implying he was living in the US.



Yeah, I'm not so sure. I haven't seen anything about it on any US news sources. I think it's Swedish.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

OCT 17, 2005 01:35 PM

This Swedish ruling seems very fishy.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 01:43 PM

What's more, the article doesn't mention in detail any of the facts of the case or the reasoning that the decision was based on. It's impossible to say whether this is a just or unjust ruling(not to mention figure out where the hell this is) without more information or background.

SovietCanada

sovietcanada

Montreal, QC
February 2005

OCT 17, 2005 01:48 PM

Whats the name of the woman? I'm going to assassinate her. surreal

[Edited on Oct 17, 2005 4:48PM]

FunkySkunk

FunkySkunk

Gainesville, FL
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 01:52 PM

I think he should demand equal custody rights then... start trying to raise the kid all macho to piss off the lesbian mom... oh yeah... using children as weapons... reached a new low here...

ami

ami

Fayetteville, NC
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 02:04 PM

even if there was some non involment contract it wouldnt hold up. if you father a child by any means the mother can demand and will most likely recieve child support

OneArmedScissor

OneArmedScissor

Sweden
March 2005

OCT 17, 2005 02:09 PM

This actually happened in my town, I mean I am from Sweden and this particular story happened in my town.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

OCT 17, 2005 02:10 PM

OneArmedScissor said:
This actually happened in my town, I mean I am from Sweden and this particular story happened in my town.



Well, that clears that mystery up. smile

Nic

Nic

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

OCT 17, 2005 05:08 PM

God that woman is a bitch.

thestral

thestral

Manassas, VA
August 2005

OCT 17, 2005 07:55 PM

MetaTag said:

However, that does not change the fact that someone needs to support the children, which he fathered.

The onus is on him to consider fully the consequences of his actions and more fool him for neglecting to do so.



He didn't "father" those children. With the magic of modern science, we have to redefine "fathered'. In the traditional sense, he did not "father" these kids. He didn't have sex with the woman to procreate. He didn't pursue other ways to have a child with that woman. He donated some biological material that was used to make a baby that he was going to have no part of raising. So I don't think he fathered it. When you donate blood, are you held responsible for what happens with it? Are you suddenly considered the parent or sibling of the person who recieved the blood, since they now have some of your biological material?

He's not those children's father. They just got some DNA from him.

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