TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The state of Kansas is asking a judge to rule in its favor without a trial in a case involving a sperm donor from Topeka.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families wants the judge to declare that William Marotta must pay child support because he is the father of a 3-year-old girl born in 2009.
Marotta argues that he donated his sperm to a lesbian couple and signed a contract that waived his parental rights and responsibilities.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the state argued in a motion filed Friday that the contract was moot. They say those involved didn’t follow a state law that requires a licensed physician to perform artificial inseminations in sperm donor cases.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 5.
