Wow... fvckin ridiculous: Sperm donor must pay child support

[KillaBong]

1500 a month? How the hell can you spend that much money on basic things?

 

[StinkyPinky]

What's new? The legal system is totally biased towards women.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: chibchakan
Note to self.....


Keep sperm to myself.

Nah, just make sure she swallows.

KK

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: KillaBong
1500 a month? How the hell can you spend that much money on basic things?

Kids grow like weeds dude. And keep in mind that factors in the yearly doctor's visits for injuries/illnesses that are bound to occur.

I find this case in ways similar to the case in Washington (I think it was Washington) over a state ban on selling M-rated video games to kids 17 and under. While the direct outcome of the case -- enforcing the ban -- wasn't particularly unexpected, the reasoning behind it was. The judge in the case went to the point of saying that video games are not a form of communication and do not deserve First Amendment protections. Obviously, that was bulls%$#, and had that ruling stayed in place the video game industry could have died then and there. Fortunately the case was overturned when it was appealed to a higher court.

I'm hoping that this too is overturned, or at least the part about "moral interest". The man was indeed a dumbass for not getting this in writing, but the court acknowledged that there was a verbal agreement with terms similar to what you would find at a sperm bank and completely ignored it. It's not so much that this case may make donating sperm a huge risk as how it will apparantly put anyone who has ever donated sperm at risk of being forced to pay child support. It's the equivalent of illegalizing the purchase of firearms and then making it retroactive going back 50 years. Ignorance of the law is no excuse; ignorance of a future law or application of the law is.

Sorry for bumping the thread; I hadn't read this story until this morning and I had to comment.

 

[Dissipate]

You guys think this is outrageous? Random men in California and other states have been forced to pay child support to women they have never even met, and aren't even sperm donors. Text

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
You guys think this is outrageous? Random men in California and other states have been forced to pay child support to women they have never even met, and aren't even sperm donors. Text

Well that's a scary read. Glad I don't live in California.

 

[Chrono]

wow
that is some scary stuff there. I live in california too! OMFG.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Chrono
wow
that is some scary stuff there. I live in california too! OMFG.

I'm with ya on that chrono, let's go get our man-tubes tied right now.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
You guys think this is outrageous? Random men in California and other states have been forced to pay child support to women they have never even met, and aren't even sperm donors. Text

The CA legal system sucks.

 

[vood0g]

dumbass

 

[GoingUp]

I actually was thinking of donating sperm back in my freshman year of college, but i decided against it cause I didnt want some kid showing up on my doorstep 20 years down the road... not to mention the fact that id have to pay child support...

 

[BladeWalker]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
You guys think this is outrageous? Random men in California and other states have been forced to pay child support to women they have never even met, and aren't even sperm donors. Text

I realize that child support laws are screwed up in WA and CA state, but I didn't think it would reach to such ridiculous level. :disgust:

P.S. Lucky me. I just moved to the Los Angeles area.

 

[Garet Jax]

So he got screwed without getting screwed.

 

[PingSpike]

Those laws in california are FVCKED UP. There should an amendment to the constitution that says "If thou does not get laid at least one god damn time by the mother of a child, thou shalt not be held responsible for that childs up bringing. And it is so! Gong!"

 

[Stark]

According to the trial judge's opinion, Ferguson and McKiernan met while working together and had a two-year affair. The relationship waned by late 1993, when Ferguson convinced McKiernan to act as a sperm donor with no responsibility for any child born as a result, the opinion said.

the guy is an idiot. she's not the first to play that game, she just used a new trick to get over on a guy who wouldn't marry her.