e/Hermesmann v. Seyer

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has gloss	eng: Hermesmann v. Seyer (State ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer (1993)) was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act, like statutory rape, committed by the woman. Hermesmann was not convicted of statutory rape, but did stipulate to a contributing to the misconduct of a child. The court ruled that the state's interest in ensuring that a child receives child support outweighed its interest in potentially deterring crime.
lexicalization	eng: Hermesmann v. Seyer
instance of	c/Trials in the United States