Straub v. BMT by Todd was a 1994 case of the Indiana Supreme Court which, in a 4–1 decision, ruled that a custodial parent cannot bargain away a child's right to financial support even with a pre-sexual intercourse contract.[1][2] Justice Roger Owen DeBruler dissented, arguing that a transfer of one's child support obligations to another party (assuming that the other party is actually capable of paying the other share of child support in another's place, that is) should be viewed as being permissible just like a transfer of one's liability for negligence through liability insurance is permissible (again, assuming that the other party can actually pay this in another's place).[1]