William Marotta, 47, was financially responsible for the child because under state law sperm for artificial insemination must be donated through a physician, a judge ruled on Wednesday, siding with the state of Kansas.

The couple, Jennifer Schreiner and Angela Bauer, had found Marotta by advertising on Craigslist and did not use a physician in the donation process, according to court records. They signed a contract agreeing that Marotta would have no financial responsibility to the child.

When the couple encountered money difficulties and one sought state benefits, the state petitioned to have Marotta declared the child's father and financially responsible.

"A parent may not terminate parental rights by contract ... even when the parties have consented," Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary Mattivi ruled.

Actually, it's a pretty straightfoward point of law. Those lesbos lack the authority to sign a child's right to support from its father awsy.

Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?

so basically the child has unalienable rights that no agreement, legally binding or otherwise, can take away? even if the sperm is donated semi-/anonymously, the thought is that the biological father has to be responsible so the kid isn't a ward of the state, eh?