Independent Internet Sperm donor must pay child support to lesbian couple, Kansas court rules - Telegraph

> A judge decides William Marotta must pay child support to a lesbian couple he gave sperm to five years ago after they made an appeal on the Internet

> An American man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple is the legal father of their daughter and must pay child support, a court has ruled..

> A judge in the US state of Kansas decided that William Marotta, 47, was financially responsible for the girl who is now aged four.

> The couple, Jennifer Schreiner and Angela Bauer, had found Mr Marotta by advertising on the Internet and did not use a doctor in the donation process.

> They signed a contract agreeing that Mr Marotta would have no financial responsibility for the child.

> But when the couple encountered financial difficulties, and one of them applied for state benefits, the state of Kansas applied to a court to have Mr Marotta declared the child's father and made responsible for her.