Sperm donor forced to pay child support

retired_justin05 · 12-04-2007, 04:32 PM

Errr it's because there are no cases in the UK. Oh I forgot you've moved into weird world where the lack of proof for something means it must exist. **** me are you going to take a caning in the next religion thread I find you in.

retired_ks reddy · 12-04-2007, 04:39 PM

What? I'd not be at all surprised if this were the first case to exist - it's you said there were loads. But you can't find any.

Same sex marriage has not been around for long, divorced lesbians who have kids via artificial insemination are I assume, like rocking horse ****. However it's completely obvious that cases such as this would arise, so what's the law on them?

retired_katie14 · 12-04-2007, 04:45 PM

It's already mentioned in the article you linked to:

Quote:

Fertility reforms

A spokeswoman for CSA said: "Unless the child is legally adopted, both biological parents are financially responsible for their child - the Child Support Agency legislation is not gender or partnership based."

Ministers have drawn up fertility reforms giving equal parenting rights to same-sex couples who "marry" in a civil partnership.

This means they will be recognised as the legal parents of children conceived through sperm donation.

The change comes too late for Mr Bathie, although he is now pushing for an amendment to make the laws retrospective.

retired_justin05 · 12-04-2007, 04:50 PM

Quote me where I said there's loads of cases please.

retired_ks reddy · 12-04-2007, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheCranker:
Quote me where I said there's loads of cases please.

Ah, I read you properly this time. No idea what you're getting at though?

retired_ks reddy · 12-04-2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Neil Purvis:
It's already mentioned in the article you linked to:

<BLOCKQUOTE>Fertility reforms

A spokeswoman for CSA said: "Unless the child is legally adopted, both biological parents are financially responsible for their child - the Child Support Agency legislation is not gender or partnership based."

Ministers have drawn up fertility reforms giving equal parenting rights to same-sex couples who "marry" in a civil partnership.

This means they will be recognised as the legal parents of children conceived through sperm donation.

The change comes too late for Mr Bathie, although he is now pushing for an amendment to make the laws retrospective.

</BLOCKQUOTE>

The law should be retrospective. It's their own fault for not making it clear at the start.

retired_justin05 · 12-04-2007, 04:59 PM

Apology accepted.

You think that there's cases where non-biological fathers who haven't adopted the child have been forced to pay child support no?

retired_ks reddy · 12-04-2007, 05:02 PM

No, I was doubting that there were. I'd say the rule is if the kid's born while you're married to the mother and you bring it up as your own then bugger off, you'd be liable.

retired_justin05 · 12-04-2007, 05:04 PM

So do you think that should be the rule or that it is the rule?

retired_ks reddy · 12-04-2007, 05:06 PM

I don't know. I think were I such a 'father" and loved the kid, I'd rather not know if it wasn't mine.

Sperm donor forced to pay child support

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

Sperm donor forced to pay child support