Sherri Shepherd Surrogacy Tragedy Not Over

Sherri Shepherd, celebrity host of  The View, and her now-ex-husband, Lamar Sally, hired surrogate Jessica Batholomew to carry a child conceived with Sally’s sperm and a donor egg. Before Bartholomew could give birth to Lamar Jr., however, Shepherd filed for divorce and abandoned the boy both socially and financially. Batholomew was legally considered Lamar Jr.’s mother. She was left to cover her own medical expenses and was on the hook for child support. After a long legal battle, Shepherd was officially placed on the child’s birth certificate and ordered to pay monthly child support.Shepherd is not happy with that and is appealing her case to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. TMZ reports: Sherri Shepherd is going all the way to the Supreme Court ... of Pennsylvania to get off the financial hook for the kid she and estranged husband Lamar Sally had last year through a surrogate.According to legal docs obtained by TMZ, Shepherd's asking the highest court in the state to relieve her from paying up to $4,600 a month to Sally until their son turns 18. Her reason? She says the first judge overstepped his boundaries in using a surrogacy contract to make her the mom ... even though she's not biologically related to the child.Lamar tells TMZ ... it's ridiculous Sherri spent nearly $100k to bring their kid into the world, yet wants nothing to do with him. He says it's unfortunate one day the baby will be able to read the lengths Sherri wen...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Reproductive Technologies Source Type: blogs