contract-law divorce non-disclosure child-support custody
Have a child but reduce the risk of child support
<p>Lets say a Man and a Women agree to have a child. But the Man want's to make sure that before they have a child the man is granted full custody over the child and that the women can never file for child support.</p>
<p>Isn't this already kind of done in practice by sperm donors or women that birth a baby for a couple that cannot conceive?</p>
<p>Can this be done via a contract and maybe a NDA?</p>

<h2>No</h2>
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<p>You seem to be labouring under the misaprehention that the male and female parents are the only people involved and only their needs and desires are relevant.</p>
<p>Child support, as the name implies, is for the support of the <strong>child</strong>. The law is that that <a href="https://guides.dss.gov.au/child-support-guide/2/1/3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">parents</a> are responsible for the wellbeing of the child and, barring of removal of the child by the state, this is not an obligation they can avoid.</p>

<p>No.</p>
<p>This cannot be done in U.S. law, subject to the exception discussed below.</p>
<p>Some states authorize a sperm donor arrangement with this effect (and somewhat similar surrogacy contracts), but sperm donor arrangements and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/family_law/publications/family-advocate/2019/summer/assisted-reproductive-technology-law-10-faqs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">surrogacy arrangements</a> generally require the arrangement to be done within a state statute authorized safe harbor and generally involve artificial insemination or implantation of a fertilized egg in the woman.</p>
<p>Similarly, in Canada, one must come within the scope of the <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/a-13.4/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Assisted Human Reproduction Act</a> for something along these lines to be permitted.</p>
