[$tinkle]

When 3 Really is a Crowd (NYT; login req)

SOMETIMES when the earth shudders it doesn’t make a sound. That’s what happened in Harrisburg, Pa., recently.

On April 30, a state Superior Court panel ruled that a child can have three legal parents. The case, Jacob v. Shultz-Jacob, involved two lesbians who were the legal co-parents of two children conceived with sperm donated by a friend. The panel held that the sperm donor and both women were all liable for child support. Arthur S. Leonard, a professor at New York Law School, observed, “I’m unaware of any other state appellate court that has found that a child has, simultaneously, three adults who are financially obligated to the child’s support and are also entitled to visitation.”

wouldn't it follow the legal obligation - imposed by the courts - should result in legal recognition, i.e., "marital rights"?


...and you thought this debate was over

 

[LordOpie]

...should result in legal recognition, i.e., "marital rights"?

I see where you're going with this, but what if the lesbos are fugly?

 

[H8R]

I think this is a problem for lesbians everywhere...



Lesbians: "Hey dude, would you help us have a kid?"

Dude: "And have to pay child support when you guys split up? FVCK NO."

 

[LordOpie]

I think this is a problem for lesbians everywhere...



Lesbians: "Hey dude, would you help us have a kid?"

Dude: "And have to pay child support when you guys split up? FVCK NO."

I'm sure the guy wants to pay child support now... and have visitation and be the father to the kid.

Otherwise it sets a precedent for all donors, even anonymous ones.

 

[$tinkle]

I see where you're going with this, but what if the lesbos are fugly?

married americans are generally sexually unappealing, especially to each other.

just sayin'...