February 25, 2005

Finders keepers.

Posted by apostropher

I find the legal reasoning here a bit hard to swallow.

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So, let me get this straight:

1. Man meets woman, gets a little close, invites her back to his place.

2. They have a little hanky panky and an appetizer, but not the main course. (I.e. no reasonable expectation of pregnancy.)

3. Woman secretly saves the sperm, and uses it to get pregnant.

4. Two years later, woman sues man and gets $800 in child support.

Is it just me, or is this a miscarriage of justice?

Posted by: John Johnson at February 25, 2005 10:07 AM
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Whew, complications.

So if I give my Dad a shotgun for Christmas then I am liable for the carnage if he shoots up McDonalds?

Weird. I suppose to be completely safe one should have a pre-exchange legal agreement that is signed before any gifts are made.

And let's expand this. What if the woman takes the "gift" and offers it on the internet for a thousand women to use? Is the man now responsible for a thousand love-children?

Posted by: Tripp at February 25, 2005 10:42 AM
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Heh, heh, he said "hard"

Posted by: beavis at February 25, 2005 02:50 PM
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Heh, heh, he said "swallow"

Posted by: butthead at February 25, 2005 02:50 PM
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"There's a 5-year-old child here," Mirabelli said. "Imagine how a child feels when your father says he feels emotionally damaged by your birth."

It's not normal for you dad to say to you that you've emotionally damaged him?

Posted by: Michael at February 25, 2005 05:22 PM
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Mr. Johnson, a miscarriage would have been justice.

Unfortunately for men everywhere, from a legal liability standpoint spitting is now preferable to swallowing. This should be added to sex education curricula at once.

Posted by: poot at February 26, 2005 10:12 AM
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Funny, sperm never came up when we studied the UCC on Bulk Transfers.

Posted by: R J Keefe at February 26, 2005 07:31 PM
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