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August 22 roundup — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:10:22 +0000

[…] Another sperm donor surprised by legal obligation to pay child support [Santa Fe, N.M. Reporter; earlier] […]

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:13:36 +0000

Heather,

That’s a good point… perhaps some kind of “ex post facto” defense?

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:10:46 +0000

Wow – this fired DLA Piper associate is something else. Check out the details in law.com:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1196935479196

Was she even admitted to practice anywhere? And look at the information about her former employer — didn’t DLA check into that before hiring her? This woman is like the Jayson Blair of the legal world. But it goes to show what law firms will do to prevent accusations of “racism”.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:44:00 +0000

Re: the DLA associate: if a partner at the firm deemed her writing to be subpar, how in Heaven’s name did she get admitted to Harvard Law School?

Ahem. I’m kidding.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:59:19 +0000

Besides not getting everything in writing (dumb…), his mistake seemed to be not anticipating that the social/legal climate would change and that offspring over age 18 would someday be considered “children” with a “right” to have someone else pay for their education.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:51:28 +0000

nevins, I’m not sure where you get that interpretation from the news story. The man was married to someone else, donated sperm to a lesbian couple that did not want anonymous sperm, and never lived with the child.

By: nevins

nevins — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:18:25 +0000

I’m not buying the sperm donor thing as being abusive. This seemed more like some open marriage arrangement than the typical anonymous sperm bank situation.

The other telling thing is that the guy who lived in the household with the child doesn’t seem to have the cajones to live up to his role accepted 18 years ago when he became the father in the home to the child.