# Delaware lesbian ordered to pay child support

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-lesbian-ordered-to-pay-child-support/98803>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-lesbian-ordered-to-pay-child-support/98803 "2002-03-18T01:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-lesbian-ordered-to-pay-child-support/98803/1 "2002-03-18T01:02:26Z")

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As a long time CS paying parent this news item intrigued me. You want parental rights? You got 'em… and the attendant responsibilities! Welcome to the brave new world!

[Delaware lesbian ordered to pay child support](http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2002/03/16/child_support/index.html?x)

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> Delaware has joined a handful of states breaking legal ground in child support with a court ruling that two women should both be considered parents of a 4-year-old boy to whom one gave birth after in-vitro fertilization.
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> The women, who have separated, are identified in court papers by the pseudonyms of Karen Chambers, the birth mother, and Carol Chambers. The child was given the pseudonym David.

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