Posted on 07/31/2013 3:02:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A lesbian couple in the western city of Nantes were angered this week after a French court made a controversial decision to recognize the parental rights of their child’s biological father, who when he donated his sperm had promised to waive all rights to the child. …
Until this week, the two-year-old had been exclusively entrusted to the care of its mother and her lesbian partner. …
The judge’s decision means the father will be granted visitors rights before an eventual move towards what is referred to in France as a “classic” agreement, which would see the child live with the mother but spend every other weekend with the father. …
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If enough of these contracts are overturned by the courts, maybe people will wise up and stop making them.
I hope he also gets to pay child support.....and pay a stipend to the woman for carrying the product of their dna while he sat around leering at porn...
David Crosby?
The good news for them is, it was that guy in Detroit...
maybe we’ll get to the point where women are renting out their wombs and men aren’t projecting their sperm to anyone who asks...gee, maybe responsibility???...what a concept...
If people aren’t willing to accept that this is wrong, maybe at least they’ll learn that it’s financially a bad risk.
Oooh. Man hater, are we! I think it’s good that he wants to parent his child. No reason to think he won’t support the child in some way. His BIG mistake was in allowing his sperm to be used to bring a child into this hot mess.
Agreed. I think a law should be passed requiring all sperm donors to pay child support. It would definitely reduce it.
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