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So the sperm donor has to pay child support??

As far as I know only the US had sperm donors pay child support so far.

News article about anonymity in Germany for sperm donors: http://www.dw.de/no-anonymity-for-sperm-donors-court-rules/a...

> As far as I know only the US had sperm donors pay child support so far.

I did not think that this kind of insanity was possible outside of a mental institution but apparently it is.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/02/us-sperm-donor...

The insanity is that it's not the woman who recieved the donation who was fighting for child support but the state.

Not yet. The doctor has been ordered to disclose the donor's identity (which, AFAIR, he claims to not to know anymore). If the identity is known, the father then could be sued for child support.

> If the identity is known, the father then could be sued for child support.

Neither is it sure that would actually happen (it did in the US, not in Germany yet though) nor does that seem in the interest of the child in this specific case

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