A Chiredzi manager has turned his back on a child that his wife conceived through a sperm donor. The manager at a large sugarcane co...
A Chiredzi manager has turned his back on a child that his
wife conceived through a sperm donor.
The manager at a
large sugarcane company was told by doctors that his sperm count was too low and
he will therefore not have a child. He then agreed with his wife to have a
child from a sperm donor.
The Masvingo Mirror will not mention the names of the
couple for ethical reasons but the maintenance case was before Chiredzi
Magistrate Regis Mawarire on October 1, 2019.
The court was told that the defendant and his wife went to
South Africa where they got a sperm from an unknown donor and there was
artificial insemination resulting in the woman conceiving. The baby was born in
November 2018.
The manager is now accusing his wife of adultery. The
defendant is also refuting evidence led by his wife that the two went abroad
for artificial insemination claiming that the documents from a South African
laboratory where the insemination took place which were produced in court by
his wife were fake. He also distanced himself from the signature on the papers
saying he only went abroad on business trips.
He however, produced a letter from Urology Practice in
Harare signed by Doctor Alex Danso saying he was tested and certified infertile
some years back.
Magistrate Mawarire dismissed the defendant`s claims and
said evidence brought by his wife to the court was consistent and the papers
from laboratories abroad were genuine since they had contact addresses and the
defendant’s signature which he failed to dispute.
Mawarire then granted maintenance of $800 per month.
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