If two adults agreed to produce a child where one side gets to keep the child, can there be any sort of child support lawsuit?
<p>Is there such a contract enforceable by law that would protect the side that parts with the child from being sued for child support by the side that keeps the child?</p>

<p>The law varies considerable from place to place, even within the United States.</p>
<p>Some jurisdictions allow sperm donors or egg donors to avoid being treated as legally parents of a child produced with their donation, and surrogacy arrangements using a fertilized egg implanted in a non-genetically related surrogate are also sometimes allowed. These arrangements are called &quot;assisted reproduction&quot; arrangements and prevent paternity from being established in the first place, despite a pregnancy or genetic relationship to the resulting child.</p>
<p>But, outside strict adherence to a statutory safe harbor, usually, both genetic parents of a child will have legal liability to the child, unless there is a termination of parental rights in connection with an adoption.</p>
<p>Once paternity is established and has not be legally terminated, it is almost never possible to reach a legal agreement prospectively prohibiting a child support lawsuit.</p>

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