Comments on: Sperm Donor Found Liable For Child Support http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/01/sperm-donor-found-liable-for-child-support-2/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Sperm Donor Against Mother Claiming Child Support — Despite Earlier Waiver « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/01/sperm-donor-found-liable-for-child-support-2/#comment-5521 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:06:45 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/01/sperm-donor-found-liable-for-child-support-2/#comment-5521 [...] The opposite result occurred in New York where a man was held for child support after he agreed to help a lesbian couple have a child and allowed his name to be put on the birth certificate. He was a physician where the mother worked as a resident. He was told that the woman (a lesbian) and her partner wanted a child, so he donated his sperm and the child was born on July 26, 1989. Nassau County Family Court Judge Ellen Greenberg barred the man on Nov. 16 from having a paternity test to confirm his status despite the fact that the mother did not object. Greenberg ruled that the results could have a “traumatic effect” upon the child. This was pretty bizarre since the “child” is now 18 and knows that his father is contesting support. For that story, click here [...]

]]> By: jake http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/01/sperm-donor-found-liable-for-child-support-2/#comment-2607 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:37:16 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/01/sperm-donor-found-liable-for-child-support-2/#comment-2607 I left the judge a civil message asking what on Earth she was thinking. Maybe if enough of us express displeasure something will happen… but I doubt it.

Here’s her number and address:
http://www.nycourtsystem.com/Applications/JudicialDirectory/Bio.php?ID=7030202

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