OSBF wrote:Opens up a nasty can of worms.
What about collecting child support from a guy that donated to a sperm bank?
After all, any children would be his.
I have no personal knowledge of sperm bank issues, but my guess is you probably sign some kind of waiver that you won't try to collect benefits from the donor (if you find out who it is).
As to the in-vitro question, you all are right. VERY thorny issues. All this does is create uncertainty about a whole slew of rights. Besides the Social Security issue, what about plain ole inheritance rights. Let's say the dad dies with two children living and has a will leaving substantial amounts to his "children." Technically, you could not disburse the estate for at least two years to see if any other children are born. Of course, if he doesn't have any banked sperm, it's not an issue. In fact, this would really only be an issue for a very small percentage of people. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be addressed somehow.
