A Possibility of a Sperm Donor to Pay for Child Support
A Nassau County man may have to pay for child support, 18 years after he donated his sperm to hospital resident. The hospital resident at that time had a female partner and they were hoping to have a baby. There was a verbal agreement between the donor and the mother that the donor will have no right in the childs upbringing. However, this agreement was not documented on paper. The donor also allowed his name to appear on the child's birth certificate so it can benefit the child to have some sort of "identity."
For those 18 years the donor has kept a close relationship with the child acting like a father figure. Eversince the child and his mother moved out of state in 1993 the donor keeps a close communication with the child through phone calls. He regularly sends money, gifts, and letters signed "Dad."
The Nassau County Family Court judge recently forbidded him from getting a paternity test because the results might lead to a "traumatic effect" in the child's mind. The next step is a meeting with support magistrate to determine amount of child support payments. The child support is based on the income of the mother's earning capacity and female partner as well as the income of the father.
Similar cases such as Washington State Court of Appeals held in 2004 pertains to no obligation in paying child support if there is a signed contract.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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