jaxx 0 Posted February 2, 2002 From http://wire.ap.org: JANUARY 31, 22:09 ET Court Rules Sperm Donor Legal Dad By KARL RITTER Associated Press Writer STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A court ruled Thursday a 35-year-old Swedish man who privately donated his sperm to a lesbian couple is the legal father of the three children and must support them financially. Anna Bjurling, the mother of the children - ages 10, seven, and five - asked Igor Lehnberg to pay child support after the relationship with her partner ended last year. A county administrative court ruled in her favor and ordered Lehnberg to pay child support of $280 a month. Lehnberg challenged the decision by arguing in district court that he wasn't the legal father. But the court said a document Lehnberg had signed, stating that he was the biological father, was legally binding. Lehnberg claimed he signed the document only so the children would know their origin, not to accept any responsibility for them. Anne Norberg, a spokeswoman for the Lehnberg's lawyer, said he would appeal the verdict. Swedish law gives same-sex couples in a legal union most of the same rights and obligations as married couples, but they are not allowed to adopt children or undergo artificial insemination. It's not clear where Bjurling's insemination, which would have been illegal in Sweden, was done. Lehnberg told the district court in Oerebro, 90 miles west of Stockholm, that his girlfriend at the time persuaded him to donate sperm to the lesbian couple in 1991. He only had limited contact with the children, he said, and it was agreed that the couple would handle all parental responsibilities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wobble 1 Posted February 2, 2002 what a crock of shit!!.. sucks to be him.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaxx 0 Posted February 2, 2002 I that is his baby in your avatar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brgnorway 0 Posted February 2, 2002 I'll tell you another story which is just as sick. If a woman in Norway claims you are the father even if you are not, you will be considered to be the legal father of the baby. Thus you have to pay for child support. It happened to my uncle. He had to pay for eighteen years. After a court ruling and all those years of financial support he was finally considered not to be the father. Unfortunately he could not get any of his money back? Luckily there is a debate going on in Norway now and it looks like DNA testing will be allowed to decide the parenthood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
