A German court recently ruled that a child which is born via an anonymous sperm donor is not eligible for child support from the government. So how did this come about? Apparently a woman who became pregnant via an anonymous sperm donor applied for child support after the birth of her baby and was denied. The court stated that there would be no conceivable way the state would get its money back as child support is an essentially an advance of money that the state would later be demanded or obtained from the father.

It’s an interesting predicament for the mother who most likely needs financial help from the state but is now without options for claiming child support. At the same time, the mother knew prior to conceiving that her donor was anonymous and that he had no legal rights to the child, including financial responsibility.

“The granting of support as a replacement service should be the exception in the case where the resort to the other parent is not possible,” the court said. The law specifically says that the state will not pay support if the mother refuses to help in identifying the father of her child. This should also apply to cases such as this one where a woman has become pregnant via anonymous sperm donation. The mother “consciously and willingly from the start onwards, stymied the identification of the other, support-liable parent,” the court concluded. Via The Local.