There's nothing taboo about this. This is a family like any other. It just started a little differently. I look around the room and I just see how much love Elijah has in his life. You know, he's not lacking anything because he has amazing parents and he has an uncle like no other.
He's not lacking any role models at all. But then okay, so I have to ask, though. I mean, now that there are over 117 kids and counting, like, what? Twelve baking? 13 baking is 14, and the other 14 baking.
Okay. Do you have concerns that he might not be able to spend the time that he did with you and with Elijah? I think obviously, he's not Superman, right? So you can only spread yourself so thin. But we can't tell him what to do, what not to do.
I mean, he'll stop at some point, right? The max is 501. That's the max. 501. 501 is absurd. 501 is absurd. Do we think it's insane that he has that many kids? Of course, it's unheard of that one man conceives, you know, over 100 children.
But everything is a little bit different here, you know? And if he's happy, if he's happy lee and her family seems happy. Elaine seems happy. But I am beginning to wonder, are you happy doing this, Ari?
On the surface, Ari seems unfazed by his large number of offspring. His life is remarkably carefree. But the joy of being a father to 117 children and counting doesn't come completely without strings. Hello?
Hey, how are you doing? Jason. Arie Nigel here. How are you? Did you get a minute? I'm having a couple of problems. Oh, God. Yeah, I gotta admit. What's going on? A child support case? That's right. Child support.
You've probably been wondering about Ari's legal obligations. For the most part, he has none. Remember Lane? Mother of emmer person? This is what she had to say about it. Did you ever sign paperwork with Ari about custody or anything?
I just didn't feel like it was necessary. So basically everything between you and Ari is in good faith, right? That's it. Ari doesn't usually sign contracts with the moms he donates to. And now in a few cases, he's on the hook.
So you're paying child support for some of your kids? You know, it wasn't the arrangement initially, but some of the moms went back on their word. Five of them, to be exact. Re sends each of those families a weekly check and pays for half their child care.
That's still going to be 34% for his day job. Re's a college math professor, and that's. Going to be 2%. Okay. He makes a decent salary, $100,000 a year. But the expenses are draining his bank account.
More than half my salary's garnished from child support. And unfortunately, it's part of the reason I struggled financially so much. This one is for $467.02 for different women. And one bill is for 467, one bill is for 665.
But I don't know whose bill is whose. It's an ongoing battle, expensive and time-consuming. The issue is that the mother sending the kids to camps. She's going to hit me up for half of that. How long do I have to pay for 50% of the daycare?
You're going to be paying checks until the day you die. Meanwhile, you're going to have another 40 kids. And who knows what the result's gonna be over there? You don't go into it with documentation or paperwork.
You don't sign anything or obligate the wooden design contract. If they asked me to sign something, I will. But there's no contract that I could sign that would either protect them from me filing for custody or protect me from child support obligations.
There just don't exist. While most states have laws protecting donors who impregnate women with the help of a physician, men like Ari who donate sperm outside the system aren't similarly protected.
There's no equivalent to, say, a pronunciation agreement that would prevent a mother from suing him for child support after the kid is born. The legislatures have never fathomed anybody doing what you're doing.
This is getting out of hand. This is crazy. Do you see how these problems are cropping up? I mean, you're breaking a lot of boundaries here that are inappropriate. Is this you as my friend or as my legal adviser?
All right, this is me as anybody off the street. I have to be your legal adviser and a friend. The legal protection would be of the second. That's one option. Another would be for Ari to vet the women he's donating to.
Are there women who you tell you can't donate to them? I try and help whoever asks. It's not really my place to say. Well, let me see if you're going to be worthy of being a parent. They're coming to me.
They want to grow their families. What would I do? Should I run their credit? If it affects your finances this much, a lot of people would say yes.