Switzerland: Second Instance Court confirms that social mother in same-sex partnership must pay child support after separation

The Bernese High Court has upheld on 26 February 2020 the respective parts of an earlier decision by the local court in Bern of 31 May 2019 – as reported here:

https://sogiesc.law.blog/2019/09/08/switzerland-local-court-decides-social-mother-in-a-same-sex-registered-partnership-must-pay-child-support-after-separation/)

This decision is particularly interesting as Parliament currently discusses the status of the second woman (spouse) in a same-sex marriage when children were conceived through sperm donation by the biological mother.