Aug 5, 2010
N.Y. Appeals Court Affirms Lesbian’s Duty to Pay Child Support
Hewing to the bedrock family law principle that the financial support of a child must be premised on the youngster’s best interests, a New York state appellate court has upheld a woman’s obligation to pay support for a child borne by her former lesbian partner. Although the respondent has neither biological nor adoptive ties to the child, the court noted that the mother, in conceiving the child through artificial insemination, had relied on the partner’s assurances that she would help support the child.