In 2003 I wrote a blog called The Sperm Donor Relationship which is about a man and a woman karmically coming together to have a child - then once conceived they should go their separate ways. I can't tell you how many people understand that was the nature of their relationship with a former partner.

Today I found a story about a Sperm Donor Relationship and decided to blog about it because I have clients who had a similar experience. One client, Peter, donated his sperm twice, in exchange for money to a lesbian couple, when he was a student. Signing all rights away each time, he never though they would come after him years later for support and shared parenting. His sperm were used to make both a son, then two years later, a daughter. The paper signed was not drawn up by a lawyer, nor was a doctor used for the inception and so he is liable.

Using Craig's list to find a sperm donor, like the man in the video below, is risky business for many reasons. Documents created without a lawyer can leave you liable. Genetic history is very important. You really need to know your responsibility level before getting started. Always chose your partner wisely when creating a baby or you'll regret it for the next two decades no matter what the circumstances are.

Kansas court says sperm donor must pay child support   CNN - January 23, 2014
A Kansas sperm donor caught in the middle of a child support case says he wanted to help a lesbian couple when he made the donation nearly five years ago. Instead, he may end up paying for his action.

Sudden sisters: Tulane pals learn they share sperm-donor dad   CNN - January 25, 2014
Looking at them, you can see the similarities: the nose, the cheekbones, the dimpled chin and long, brown curls. But what are the chances, right? What are the chances that two California teens would meet online in a roommate hunt, cross the country to attend Louisiana's Tulane University and learn a semester later they were half-sisters, the daughters of the same Colombian sperm donor? Emily Nappi, 18, of San Francisco, and Mikayla Stern-Ellis, 19, of San Diego, learned exactly that January 7, when, acting on a suspicion they'd joked about since Father's Day, the women asked their mothers to hunt down their sperm donor numbers from the Los Angeles-based Calfornia Cryobank.