Sperm Donor Ordered to Pay Child Support

What the hell is going on in this world? There are always people suing other people for dumb stuff like spilling hot coffee on themselves, but this is absolutely ridiculous! A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.

This dude, William Marotta, just wanted a little extra cash and to help people who couldn't have kids have them (and maybe it sounded fun to beat off in a public place). So he donated his sperm to Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner in 2009. Mr. Marotta relinquished all parental rights, including financial responsibility to the child, but when the two women git divorced things got messy for the donor.

One of the lesbian mothers filed for state assistance this year, and the state demanded the donor's name so it could collect child support for the now 3-year-old girl.The state contends the agreement between Marotta and the women is not valid because Kansas law requires a licensed physician to perform artificial insemination.

Now the state has taken over ten percent of Marottas income in the last year. He and his attorney's are fighting it, and the two women support him.

[FORBES]