A Pennsylvania judge ruled that Sherri Shepherd is still obligated to pay her ex-husband Lamar Sally child support for a child the couple had via a surrogate. L.J. was born in August 2014, and Shepherd has been battling the courts since his birth over the fact that she didnβt feel obligated to pay her ex support.
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On Monday theΒ Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to hear Shepherdβs appeal after a lower court determined that she was the childβs legal mother and ordered her to pay child support in November. The baby was born using Sallyβs sperm and a donorβs egg. Shepherd had contended that her and Sallyβs marriage was a fraud and thus she shouldnβt be held responsible for the baby.
In November, when Shepherd lost her first appeal, Sally expressed his happiness.
βIβm glad itβs finally over,βΒ Sally told People magazine. βIβm glad the judges saw through all the lies that she put out there, and the negative media attention. If she wonβt be there for L.J. emotionally, Iβll be parent enough for the both of us.βΒ
Shepherd is now obligated to continue her payment of $4,100 a month to Sally.
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