The attorney for a Topeka sperm donor fighting attempts by the state to designate the donor a legal parent is drawing a connection between court rulings on same-sex marriage and his client’s case.
Charles Baylor represents William Marotta, who has been locked in a legal battle for years over whether he should be labeled the legal parent of a 5-year-old girl conceived with his sperm for a same-sex couple. The Department for Children and Families has been arguing he should, which would mean Marotta probably would have to pay child support.