Vox

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Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted on | October 17, 2005 | 3 Comments

It certainly seems that Paternity Fraud is getting it’s time in the spotlight lately.
I previously posted about my friend who has been caught in this nightmare.
Then there was a breakthrough case that actually awarded the duped dad a refund of child support to be paid by the biological father, though it fell far short by not punishing the mother who perpetuated the fraud.
Recently, Chris Cagle found out that his girlfriend was attempting this trick on him.
Amber Frye has just been caught after extorting money from the wrong man for the past 4 years – and she would probably have continued to get away with it if she had allowed him visitation.
Now, I am hearing advertisements for home DNA test kits on the radio. Though they may not do any good

Unlike capital murder convictions, which are being overturned around the country because of DNA evidence, family court cases typically hew to the “finality of judgment” principle to prevent disruptions in children’s lives. Or, in the words of former California legislator Rod Wright, “It ain’t your kid, you can prove it ain’t your kid, and they say, ‘So what?'”

Here is a news report of a man who has been fighting his case for 14 years. Note Sheila James Kuehl (from Dobie Gillis) who says, “if this is unfair to the fathers, well, frankly, the law hasn’t cared for 20 centuries and so I’m going to err on the side of the ancient law” Basically, “screw logic & screw you”.


This was just one more thing that Gray Davis messed up on.

“The courts decide that I have to pay the child support because it is ‘in the best interest of the child.’ But I wonder which child they’re talking about–the child whom tests have shown is not mine, or the three children who are mine and who I have to feed and clothe every day. Is taking half of daddy’s money for 18 years in their best interest?”

You’ll remember that in my friend’s case, he has been hindered in his employment despite having a biological child to support.
There are countless websites regarding this problem, which seems to be epidemic

The list goes on and on and on…….
All of this leads me to believe the time may be coming when women not only cease to be rewarded for this behavior but will, with any luck, be punished for it. After all, if she sold you a piece of land that wasn’t her’s to sell, she would be facing charges. If she sells you a child that isn’t yours, she simply racks up $charges$ . If faced with jail time, I think a lot more women would reconsider “daddy” shopping.


Personally, I would support a law to require a paternity test prior to ANY child support order being put in place, even if the paternity has been ‘established’ via marriage.

There are signs of substantial fraud or mistakes in identifying fathers in child support disputes. The American Association of Blood Banks says the 300,626 paternity tests it conducted on men in 2000 ruled out nearly 30% as the father.

I would also support prosecution in all instances of fraud, you get no pass because you are female or engaged in a form of fraud about which “the law hasn’t cared for 20 centuries”.



Comments

3 Responses to “Who’s Your Daddy?”

  1. Michael
    October 17th, 2005 @ 11:56 am

    Unbelievable. Our society has turned upside down, and women having children out of wedlock is the norm, no longer a stain to be avoided, but something celebrated. And the courts seem oblivious to the destruction to real family values in misdiagnosed paternity cases.

  2. wickld
    October 17th, 2005 @ 9:02 pm

    About the overturning of judgments, I don’t know that it is such a bad idea for them to say we will not undo what was done, too many cases would be in court for years. This type of thing is generally only done in Capitol Punishment cases. That being said, I completely agree Vox, that there should be paternity testing in all child support cases, that way there would be no need to have them overturned anyway.

  3. Vox
    October 17th, 2005 @ 9:20 pm

    A question for those that don’t think a paternity fraud victim should be released from child support trap. How many non-biological kids are you willing to financially support under the same conditions that falsely accused men face (pay or jail, loss of licenses and seizure of assets)?

    PaternityFraud.com