For example, in Pennsylvania, a young woman named Jessica Bartholomew was paid $25,000 to be a surrogate mother for a child. The conception of the child would consist of the sperm of Father Lamar Sally, the egg of a fourth stranger, and the gestation would take place in Bartholomew's womb. On September 12, 2013, Bartholomew, Sally and his wife Sherri Shepherd signed a contract that Shepherd and Sally would be the legal parents of the child Bartholomew was to bear. The contract stipulated that even though Shepherd had no genetic connection to the child, she would still assume the duties and responsibilities of matron once the child arrived. However, some complications arose. Around the third trimester, Shepherd and Sally filed for divorce. In the midst of the divorce, Shepherd decided she no longer wanted any sort of interaction with the child she had once agreed to care for. Shepherd said "not my egg, not my baby", she also claimed she was tricked into signing the agreement and took the matter to court. When the child was born on August 5, 2014, the surrogate mother, Jessica Bartholomew, was listed on the birth certificate and the child was given to Sally who then enrolled in Medicaid in the state of California , but because Bartholomew's name was on the birth certificate, as the child's noncustodial parent, the state required her to pay child support to Sally. During the trial, the judge ruled that Shepherd's name should be included on the birth certificate and that she would assume the responsibilities of a mother. The ruling also stated that Shepherd must reimburse Bartholomew for the child support she paid and that she may also have to repay the state assistance that was provided. Shepherd and Sally's divorce is not yet finalized. Sally threatened to sue Shepherd for child abandonment, and Shepherd offered to pay Sally $150,000, but