Now this is a strange one...A lesbian couple wanted to add to their family of seven children. They contracted with a auto mechanic in Topeka to donate sperm for the pregnancy. It is unknown at this time how the insemination occurred. The man signed away any claim for the child and was not involved in the child life. The lesbian couple eventually broke up and the mother of the child was unable to work due to an illness. Now the State is coming after the auto mechanic to try to get the child support form the sperm donor.
Regardless if you believe in same sex unions it is crazy that the state will go after the "sperm donor" before it will go after the self-admitted parent of the child. (as Kansas does not recognize same sex unions the state has no way to enforce the payment of child support by the lesbian mother)
Here is the
article...
What do you think?
Kansas Sperm Donor for Lesbian Couple faces child support suit from state.
by John Celock
Kansas state officials are seeking child support from the sperm donor
to a lesbian couple in exchange for the state providing the child's
mother with financial aid.
The
Kansas Department of Children and Families has filed a claim against William Marotta,
a mechanic in Topeka, demanding child support for the 3-year-old
daughter of Topeka residents Jennifer Schreiner and Angela Bauer, to
whom he donated sperm in 2009, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
Schreiner and Bauer had sought financial assistance from state welfare
officials after Bauer stopped working due to illness and could not
financially support Schreiner and their children.
According to the Capital-Journal, Schreiner and Bauer are no longer
together but still co-parent their eight children. Because Schreiner is
the 3-year-old's sole parent under
Kansas law, which does not recognize
same-sex unions, the state cannot seek child support from Bauer.
"More and more gays and lesbians are adopting and reproducing, and this to me is a step backward," Bauer told the Capital-Journal.
"I think a lot of progressive movement is happening currently in the
world as far as gays and lesbians go. Maybe this is Kansas' stand
against some of that."
Bauer and Schreiner had signed an agreement with Marotta releasing
him from all responsibility for the child. The state argues in court
documents that because a doctor did not handle the artificial
insemination as required by state law, the contract among the three is
not valid.
Marotta is seeking to have the case dismissed. A state judge will
hear arguments next month, The Kansas City Star reported. Marotta's
lawyer, Hannah Schroller, told the Star that her client believed he was a sperm donor and not a parent.
Schroller also argued in court papers that the state's interpretation
of the artificial-insemination-by-doctor requirement fails to protect
sperm donors because it would allow Kansas women to have sperm shipped
to their home from a sperm bank and inseminate themselves with the
intent of then demanding financial support from the donor.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Children and Families told the Star that she could not comment on the case.
An accident in Wyandotte county
leaves two seriously injured. Frances Sims age 48, and husband Jonathan Sims age 53, were transported to St. Johns Medical Center after the December 20, 2012 accident. According to the
investigating officer for the Kansas Highway patrol, on December 20,
2012 at approximately 9:00 pm on Kansas Hwy 7 about 100 feet north of Parallel Parkway in Kansas City,
Kansas the accident occurred. The
Police report states that the accident took place when a vehicle
operated
by Neil Schoenfelder of Lansing, struck the rear of the 2006 Grand Prix of Francis Simms as she passed through and intersection. It is
unknown at this time why the vehicle did not yield.
