Hermesmann v. Seyer (State of Kansas ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993)) set the precedent-setting Kansas 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 committed by the woman. Shane Seyer was 12-years-old when he impregnated Colleen Hermesmann, and she later took a plea bargain to a lesser charge than she was originally arrested with. In 1991, the state of Kansas took the then 16-year-old boy to court in the name of the mother to get child support. He appealed, and the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that any crime committed by the mother has no relevance to child support.
Although this was in Kansas, it has been considered a nationwide precedent, and non other court has dissented from it.