Sperm Donor Ordered to Pay Child Support

A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled in early May 2007 that a sperm donor who assisted a same-sex couple to conceive two children is responsible for child support.  Any interesting twist to this already fascinating case is that the sperm donor has recently died raising the issue of the liability of the estate for child support from the time of his death until the children reach majority in approximately a decade.

See Mark Scolforo, Court: Sperm donor must pay child support, The York Dispatch, May 10, 2007.

Special thanks to Neil Hendershot for pointing out this case.  You may read his detailed discussion of this case on his blog at Who’s Your Daddy — a Donor?.