title: Brooks v. Fair, 29 June 1988.
abstract: The mother of a child conceived by means of artificial insemination sought to establish the nonpaternity of her former husband who, when married, had agreed to the artificial insemination by a third-party donor.  The former husband opposed the mother's action.  The Court of Appeals of Ohio held that a statute enacted in 1982 providing for an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of paternity could not be applied retroactively to a birth that had occurred in 1975.  It also ruled that it was against public policy to establish the nonpaternity of a husband when the parties to a marriage agree to conceive a child by means of artificial insemination.  On 15 September 1988, the Illinois Appellate Court held that failure to obtain the written consent of a husband before a wife undergoes an artificial insemination procedure, as required by state law, does not bar imposition of the duty of support on the husband.  It upheld the decision of a lower court imposing such a duty on the basis of the husband's conduct before, during, and  after the birth of the child.  See In re Adams, Family Law Reporter, Vol. 15, 1 November 1988, p. 1005.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D019049:Developed Countries; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005195:Family Relations; D007087:Illinois; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009656:North America; D009820:Ohio; D011640:Public Policy; D012098:Reproduction; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Artificial Insemination--legal aspects; Behavior; Child Rearing; Child Support--legal aspects; Court Decision; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Policy; Family Relationships; Filiation; Illinois; North America; Northern America; Ohio; Policy; Reproduction; Reproductive Technologies; Social Policy; United States