People ex rel. S.P.B.
Supreme Court of Colorado
651 P.2d 1213 (Colo. 1982)
Relevant factsFree
P.D.G. told C.F.B. he did not want the child and offered to pay for an abortion, but she declined and gave birth to S.P.B., after which a Colorado law requiring both parents to support their child regardless of the father's wishes led a trial court to order P.D.G. to pay child support, which he challenged as an unconstitutional gender-based classification and irrebuttable presumption.
IssueFree
Whether a law requiring both parents to support a child, even if the father did not want to have the child and offered to pay for an abortion, is constitutional.