Donor must pay child support.

[FoolKiller]

I came across this story last night. Am I the only one who sees a problem here?

Sperm donor ordered to pay child support

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 has ruled.

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 on Wednesday, saying that as the biological father he is required to pay for the children's upbringing.

- AFP

It seems to me that the non-biologic mother should be the one paying child support. I am for equal rights for everyone, but then you have to face equal consequences too. The woman was also a mother and legal guardian to these children, not the donor. As the gay rights movement gains ground and adoption and marriages become allowed I feel that there should also be accompanying laws that hold them to the same consequences as heterosexual couples after divorces and shared parental responsibility.

All that aside, the man who made the donation in order to help the women out, as a friend no doubt, should not be responsible for these children in any way. That was their original understanding. If he is paying child support he better demand joint custody or vistation rights as well. At a minimum he should sue the other woman for his money since she is technically the second parent from the relationship. I would go out of my way to make her out to be a deadbeat mother and and an abandoner. I would drag her name through the mud publically.

If he gets no compensation from her then I would fight for father's righst to the children. Make sure that the mother looks horrible and create a mockery of the same court that ruled he had to pay child support for children that were, for all intents and purposes, not his.

What do you all think?

 

[ExigeEvan]

What a ******* ungrateful woman.

The guy helped them have kids. Okay, the couple have now split and I understand she's probably tight for cash but did she even try to sue the other parent?

 

[skip0110]

Yeah, it's a case for slowing down the progress for gay rights--the rest of the laws have to be cahnged/modified too.

Because they are elsbians for some ****ing reason they don't think they have the same responsibilties as a normal family...yet they want the same rights.

 

[Swift]

Well, that's very evil on the part of the biological mother. Knowing full well that if they had stayed together she wouldn't be asking the sperm doner for anything.

You know what he should've done? Gone to a sperm donor center and had them get the sperm through there. That way the mother couldn't sue to get child support.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Well, that's very evil on the part of the biological mother. Knowing full well that if they had stayed together she wouldn't be asking the sperm doner for anything.

You know what he should've done? Gone to a sperm donor center and had them get the sperm through there. That way the mother couldn't sue to get child support.

But then again they probably wouldn't donote the sperm to a specific couple. Also I'm not sure how high lesbian couples are on the list for sperm donations compared to hetrosexual couples.

 

[FoolKiller]

But then again they probably wouldn't donote the sperm to a specific couple. Also I'm not sure how high lesbian couples are on the list for sperm donations compared to hetrosexual couples.

They give them to single women, so a lesbian could just say she is a single woman. This was in Sweden, though, so I don't know how it works there.

Yeah, it's a case for slowing down the progress for gay rights--the rest of the laws have to be cahnged/modified too.

I don't know if it should slow down the progress but it should create responsible legislation. I don't think it is a gay right's issue so much as a parental rights/responsibilities debate.

 

[skip0110]

I don't know if it should slow down the progress but it should create responsible legislation. I don't think it is a gay right's issue so much as a parental rights/responsibilities debate.

Well, I believe in gay rights...but I also think that legal change (like the granting of those rights) should be granted slowly so that the little stuff (like this parental responsibility thing) has time to be ironed out.

 

[194GVan]

now THATS why when I get married there is gonna be a prenumptual agreement (and yes, I probably spelled that waay wrong). Not that it really applys to this situation but Im talking about trying to cover my own ass here!

 

[smellysocks12]

Disgusting dykes.



Dykes hate men anyway, so their feminist mentality made them try and squeaze out the last penny out of the guy.



If I'd be the father I'd pay and demand to have the kid at my place half the time. I'd teach him the word "dyke" and reward him with candy every time he says it.

 

[skip0110]

Dykes hate men anyway, so their feminist mentality made them try and squeaze out the last penny out of the guy.

...when in fact he was doing them a favor.

Perhaps one they did not deserve.

 

[Famine]

Dykes hate men anyway

No. Lesbians merely love women.

Do homosexual men hate women?

If "No", why assume homosexual women hate men?
If "Yes", explain "Will & Grace" and the concept of the GBF.

 

[Danoff]

He should be able to tell her that he does want to pay. So either she put the kid up for adoption or pay for "hop" herself.

 

[James2097]

This is just wrong. There was an agreement between the bloke and the sheila that the bloke didn't have to do anything except go into a cubicle with a porno mag for 10mins. How come THAT agreement isn't binding or valid in a court of law?

 

[Duke]

If I'd be the father I'd pay and demand to have the kid at my place half the time. I'd teach him the word "dyke" and reward him with candy every time he says it.

Well, I'm going to reward you with a banning if you say it again. "Dyke" is on par with "fag" or using the N word in reference to certain races. Not Acceptable.

"Lesbian" is fine. "Dyke" is only one notch above some of the more graphically descriptive nicknames, and I don't want to see it used again.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

[Young_Warrior]

If lesbians want sperm badly enough they only need to have a couple one night stands. i feel bad for the kids.

 

[Gil]

Personally, I would counter-sue for full custody of the kids, citing that the mother is not a "good influence". She is after all, single, not likely to get legally married+ and unable to pay for their rearing. If the man is married now, he will have the "better" home situation for the kids to be in. A two parent home is considerd the "ideal."
And since he is the "biological" father he should, at the very least, have full parental rights.
I would not teach the kids to disparage their mother's sexuality.
If you run mama down to the kids, they have a weapon to use as far as enforcing discipline, and you teach the kids that you have more issues than their mother.
Kids are impressionable. But, never make the mistake of thinking them to be stupid.