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Kansas: Sperm donor should pay child support

Jan. 4, 2013 2:09pm Meredith Jessup

William Marotta thought he was doing a good deed when he helped a lesbian couple conceive a child by donating his sperm. But three years later, the state of Kansas is pursuing him for child support it says he owes.

Story via NPR:

Marotta met the couple, Jennifer Schreiner and Angela Bauer, after he answered a Craigslist ad in 2009. As part of their arrangement, he signed a document in which he relinquished any parental rights or responsibilities. He also refused the $50 payment the women offered.

But the couple used a syringe, not a medical facility, to accomplish the insemination and conceive their daughter. And that decision, paired with their eventual naming of Marotta as the donor, landed him in trouble.

“In 1994, the state of Kansas passed a law regulating sperm donorship that said a person was not responsible” as a parent, Hrenchir tells Robert, “as long as they had a medical doctor carry out the insemination. A medical doctor was not used for this particular insemination.”

The state law is based on the idea that a doctor can certify that the donor is in fact not connected with the child’s mother — “and not, for example, a boyfriend who’s posing as a sperm donor, but should actually be required to help support the child.”

The issue came to the state’s attention when Schreiner applied for Medicaid. She eventually gave the donor contract to a caseworker. The Kansas Department for Children and Families is now seeking to have him named the father of the child, and thus liable for child support.

As Marotta said in an interview on the Today show, “No good deed goes unpunished.” His wife added, “This is not at all what we signed up for.”

As crazy as it might seem, Marotta has an uphill legal battle in front of him. The Kansas law is pretty clear and his attorney will have a hard time getting this case dismissed.

What do you think? Is the Kansas state law out of line, and/or should Marotta be held responsible for not following it? Sound off with a comment!

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Comments (31)

antibhopatriot
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 7:28pm
Once again, the mindless members of society gain a stage on which to parade their perversity. Where are the advocates for children without parents? Two incubators will never be parents. They are perverse individuals with a mentality that its okay. But of course, realizing the truth would have them increase their Thorazine or whatever medication they are on to believe they are normal. I am appalled at the lack of childrens’ welfare advocates. Why should any child be allowed to live in such an abnormal environment. Of course, with an anal orifice at the helm, I guess the belief is I’m Queer, I’m Here I’m in your ear. Get over it. the more queer the better. Maybe he can find a way to tax two same sex people living as normal. It may help his cliff problem.

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LovingJesus
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:24pm
This story has been a joke all the way around. Call me what you will, but their first mistake was for him to get involved in a stupid idea like this.God did not intend for society to create children in this way. Yes I believe in one man/ one woman. Lesbian/Gay couples should not raise children. This world is too confusing as it is for children without adding this to the mix. If we as people had of stayed within our given boundaries, we would not be having the problems we have.People forget all too easily what happens when we allow such behavior. Have we forgotten about the lesbian couple who were raising a girl, and when one of them gave her life to the Lord, the other one had her chased down from one country to another, because she didn’t want to be a lesbian anymore. It was her biological daughter, and she was accused of kidnapping her.We have allowed this abomination in the world, and now we are reaping the fruits of our labor. I blame them all. He is married and now has to carry this throughout his marriage, if it lasts.

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kgholloway
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:18pm
Ok, here’s my two cents worth.

1. First the Sperm Donor is not being sued or “ripped off” by the lesbians involved. They tried to “rip off” the state of Kansas by claiming they didn’t know who the father of the child was. When state officials found out they sued the donor for child support to reduce what the state would otherwise have to pay in welfare.

2. The donor was an idiot. He relied on a “contract” which barred him from having any parental rights in return for eliminating his parental duties to support his child. He must not have gone through a lawyer to create this contract because any lawyer in the state of Kansas would have known that legally sperm donations can only be made through a doctor or licensed sperm bank.

3. I agree with the comments that the present law in Kansas is absurd. The two lesbians decided to create a child and both should share responsibility for it. The method of creating that child should not be part of the equation. The problem is that the laws regarding marriage and child bearing are stuck in an age when only male/female couples were allowed.

The law doesn’t allow for enforceable marriage contracts between same sex couples. Therefore the courts are required to base their decisions as though same sex couples are two unmarried individuals. This leads to all sorts of absurd decisions that violate common sense. But the courts are required to follow the law so until the laws are changed this will keep happening again and

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lessoneleg
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:16pm
Forget the Xtra bunk living in this story. The reality is, these three are cheap, corner cutting boneheads. And the lesbian couple went cheap playing family and sought a dufus to play “equality”. The fella doesn’t have two wits between his ears. And the lesbians bought a cheap sperm provider and wrote their own contract.
When the relationship of lesbians went AWOL they again sought out “cheap”. Nail the sperm daddy for a cut in Child Support and future financial obligations. Heck why two when you can have three financial support care givers. Especially one that has ZERO custody. This is money from heaven, free money.
The dirt these boneheads made is unbelievable, but worse. They involve a sweet young child into House Of Horrors. That young child doesn’t deserve three retards playing house with her existence. And that’s what’s wrong with LGBT relationships. They can be wonderful people, but once you add children in, that crosses the line.

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Aqualung1000
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:27pm
WOODYEE it is good to see someone else notice that the liberal argument in this case is opposite to their usual rhetoric on when a fetus becomes a person.
Arguments of convenience not conviction!

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noslave
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:39pm
they obviously scammed welfare,etc. hence the money collectors??costing him tons in legal bills for trying to do a good deed??just make the child an orphan problem solved?less cost to taxpayers etc.

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heferwiz57
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:32pm
I’d tell the courts to go f*** themselves and live in poverty before I’d pay one dime

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Keep Your Skepticals On
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:13pm
Situations where couples need a 3rd party to conceive a child are moral and legal nightmares? That’s the elephant in the room nobody seemed to notice. It’s only a matter of time, if it hasn’t happened already, when a lesbian couple each get pregnant from two different men, collect child support from both while living together while both claiming all of the benefits of being single mothers.

How about this one – two women first purchase cars, then divorce their husbands, collect alimony, collect 50% of sale of the home, then move in together with a house, cars, no debt and a fixed income.

How about a father after raising a son for 10+ years finds out during divorce/custody proceedings he is appearently not the biological father, runs out of money to fight for full custody, and then is sued for child support.

There has really got to be changes to all laws regarding marriage, child support, etc… It has become a system to be gamed for financial gain rather than promoting healthy environments for children.

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cassandra
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:47am
this should wake up liberal men that think donating their sperm for a lesbian couple is a good thing

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- USA5
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:18pm
  This Guy is actually concerned about bias of Lesbian mothers:
  he suggested he might be a victim of bias against same-sex parenting.
  
  “I have a hunch part of the reason this is going this way is because of people’s feelings toward same-sex couples,” Marotta told FoxNewscom
  
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- sparky239
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 12:09am
  One thing I would do is sue the sperm bank for releasing the name of the donor ..It is all done under unanimity so I guess she is going to have to work now instead of licking for a living..
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:30am
  these stupid lesbos should be sued. How the he ll can anyone trust a carpet munching idiot *****?
  
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RTFM
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:42am
Why is the other half of the “Lesbian couple” not paying the child support? The lesbians wanted to be parents. They wanted to be mothers. So they should be paying to raise the child. Why is there NO common sense left in this world??

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- 65Mustang
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 6:40pm
  RTFM: they, the lizzies, and they alone are responsible for the upkeep of this child…where is their undying love for each other 1) it never existed, 2) their sexual life is a sin and it is a sin now that they want the “sperm donor” to support the love child they so desperately wanted to seal their sick love for each other.
  
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Lone Ranger
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 4:10am
I want top withdraw all my deposits and close my account.

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Chuck Stein
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 2:37am
Headline might read “Kansas: Sperm Donor in Private Arrangement Should Pay Child Support” Then it would better describe the story.

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- Balzy
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 10:13am
  i can’t believe people are even considering him pay anything, I believe women are perfectly capable of making decisions and accepting responsibility. Isn’t that fair? He was not part of any relationship with that woman, she chose to have a child and who(wife) would help take care of said child. It’s absolutely ridiculous that she’d try to drag him into it all of a sudden like it’s his fault for her making all these decisions…. so if i were to donate blood, am i supposed to also pay out of my pocket for the rest of the medical procedure for whoever receives it?
  
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- USA5
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:25pm
  This story is a bit confusing and weird. The 2 women ran an ad on Craigslist, yes that is correct Craigslist of all places. And this guy, answered the ad offering to give them his sperm. They wrote
  a contract, I don’t think/know if witnesses or notarized.
  The ***** couple separated.
  But it seems the mother applied for child support and lied about not knowing the father….and State of Kansas discovered the truth.
  So it seems Kansas suing on behalf of mother
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:49am
Just a short word of advice about the State of Kansas. : When it comes to the law and gender, the man is always wrong. I can’t speak for other states, only the State of Kansas.

When a woman got stuck on the toilet and died, because she didn’t want to move off the seat, her boy friend was held culpable for the incident. If a woman starts a fight with her significant other and the cops come, she gets to stay in the house, even if he actually owns the place and they’re not married. Basically, as a man in Kansas, you’re SOL if you have to deal with the law and your female companion.

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TeresaJ
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:38pm
The law makes sense. They didn’t follow the law, so they are all liable.

This man purposely helped conceive a child. His “donation” is not recognized by law, and it’s his child. If you do something like this, you darn well should be held responsible.

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- ktowers
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:29am
  A man helped a lesbian couple conceive a child, without compensation, apparently (not that it matters). The presumption was that the couple would step up and care for the child, since that’s the choice THEY made. Parenthood comes with responsibility. When things got tough, suddenly the couple is no longer composed of two responsible adults, just two children who go running to an attorney to help them extort financial help from the donor. It’s contemptible.
  
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Joel Knows
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:39pm
One has to ask the question, what is supporting a child? Is it only a financial arrangement saying a child can care for itself if it has money? Should we look at support as helping to establish values and ethics, to provide a nurturing environment? Are females always better at providing a nurturing environment and a man always providing the material goods?
How many men have been trapped by the idea that they can provide only materially to the welfare of a child by the narrow views of the state? Is the state maybe taking a parental role in this by this law and their ruling? Yes, the state of Kansas has a law, but is it a good law or misdirected and over reaching human rights?

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davidwjohnson
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:36pm
If I’m being forced to pay child support, then I’m suing for joint custody.

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- Female
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 2:11am
  Forget joint custody…if his wife would agree, just go for full custody!
  
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tootsie roll
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 5:51pm
the bible says in latter days wrong will be right and right will be wron.
Without this man these “two” COULD NOT REPRODUCE SOMETHING THAT THE GAY COMMUNITY WILL NOT ADMIT TO.

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MrSunshine
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:33pm
NEVER trust a lesbian!

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- USA5
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:20pm
  Hatred of the Father.
  Lack of Appreciation of The Father
  We hate you, don’t need you
  We want a child, we need you, part of you.
  Child doesn’t need a Father.
  Wait we need another part of you, your Money.
  You have no rights as a Father.
  
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tonypro
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:30pm
Serves him right for not having any morals by supporting these *****’s, and intentionally putting a child with no say in an immoralistic environment.

Now for the legal side of the argument, if he signed a contract that relinquishes him from duty, and/or support, then the law should recognize the contract, and get the he!! out of the way.

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woodyee
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:06pm
Ahhhh, so in THIS case, a single cell IS a child…

…interesting…

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arkay
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:28pm
the law is out of line….in this case, it is absolutly absurd to make the donor pay child support…more of he mess with same-sex marriges….. the judge is crazy

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- Rowgue
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:54pm
  No it’s not. It makes complete logical sense. If you didn’t have it then anybody after the fact could claim they were just a sperm donor and have no responsibility for the child. All the law does is insure that it was an actual sperm donor situation and not just people trying to scam the system after the fact.
  
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