Sperm donor must pay child support?

[Elrohir]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16904774-23109,00.html

A SWEDISH man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple must pay child support for the three children he fathered, Sweden's Supreme Court ruled today.
The man, now 39, donated his sperm to the couple in the early 1990s. Three sons were born during the years 1992-1996, according to Swedish news agency TT which reported the ruling.

The man told the court that he and the women had agreed that he would play no role in the boys' child rearing and that the two women would be their parents.

Nonetheless, the man signed a document confirming that he was the biological father of the children.

Shortly after he signed the document, the two women separated and the biological mother demanded that the man pay child support.

The man took the case to court, but lost in the district and appeals courts.

The Supreme Court upheld those rulings today, saying that as the biological father he is required to pay for the children's upbringing.

 

[cegman]

Umm... wow. Thats why he needs a written contract before you get future soccer moms on you tail.

 

[Ramius75]

woohooo and whats with the term "donation" ?

If someone was to donate blood and save a life, should he pay for his ICU/outpatient bill too ?

 

[GenMarshall]

I dont beleve that sperm donors should pay child support. Then again this is a complex issue :shrug:.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Seems similar to extortion, in a sense...
Sign this paper! and now pay!

Can't really pick a side on this one, sorry.

 

[JohnRM]

I would quit my job and live on welfare.

 

[The Yankee]

Stupid, stupid, stupid. It should only apply if it were somehow written in law and the donor was warned beforehand that it may happen. But she wanted the child alone, she just needed the juice to do so.

Ridiculous...

 

[Yom]

Absolutely ridiculous. How did the divorcee with the children even think she could get child support from the donor?

Injustice like this angers me.

 

[blackheart]

All I've gotta say is . Poor guy.

 

[ummmm........]

I could imagine circumstances which would make me think this was okay.

 

[luiz]

Poor guy indeed.
And that divorced lesbian sure is a bi%&@!

 

[Ramius75]

Absolutely rediculous. How did the divorcee with the children even think she could get child support from the donor?

Injustice like this angers me.

I think they might be able to sue the guy on the basis that his "seed" is seeded and his responsibility as he is not anoymous to the children.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Doesn't sound right to me. Why doesn't the woman with the kids make the other woman pay child support?

 

[Irish Caesar]

I assume that if he's a sperm donor, the boys were in vitro or some other means that isn't standard operating procedure...

Doesn't really seem fair to change the terms and conditions of an agreement long after both parties agreed to it.

Of course, it's also horribly unfair to have kids when you know full well that they'll never really have a dad.

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

Poor guy.

 

[Japanrocks12]

If you donate, that's from the kindness of your heart. You shouldn't be entitled to any support/maintenance bills.

 

[h4ppy]

Thats pretty messed up, I've known about it for over a month and it still gets under my skin.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I think the woman is to blame as well as the court. Thats just some dirty backstabbing right there. :thumbdown Thats a lot to give somone and then she screws him over like that.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Bee-yatch.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Ha! Pretty egoistic lesbians messing up their fellows chances of getting own donors... Not that I was going to donate anything before....