Paying child support when the kids not yours

afro-elf · 08-31-2002, 05:05 AM

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A recent Associated Press story noted the case of Dan Conners, a 39-year-old Californian, forced by court order to pay $1,400 a month child support for a daughter not his own, as he discovered six years after her birth. Similarly, Mr. Carnell Smith of Georgia discovered that the girl he had been supporting was not, as he had thought, his own daughter. Yet he lost an effort to have his child-support order stopped.

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Dropping the support orders, they say, will harm the children, who have bonded with the man paying the support, even if he is not the real dad

I think that the latter statement is BOVINE MANURE Let the real father pay. It doesn't mean that the "fake" daddy still won't be around

Sween · 08-31-2002, 07:11 AM

If he wants to volenter aid he should be allowed to but he should not be forced i imigin finding out the girl wasnt his was probabaly the cause of the split.

Artanis · 09-01-2002, 12:29 PM

No one should be forced to support a child that isn't his/hers. Bonding has nothing to do with money.

ArwenEvenstar · 09-01-2002, 01:32 PM

if the guy wants to pay let him if he dosen't

Track down the real dad with a angry mob armed waving pitchforks and make him pay for HIS child!

ArwenEvenstar · 09-01-2002, 01:35 PM

sorry about that

Rána Eressëa · 09-01-2002, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Artanis
No one should be forced to support a child that isn't his/hers. Bonding has nothing to do with money.

Ditto.

cee2lee2 · 09-01-2002, 04:03 PM

Don't be sorry, Arwen Evenstar.....sometimes it takes pitchforks!

I think the natural father is the one who should pay the child support. However, I do think it is difficult for children to be rejected by persons whom they have bonded with as a father. That doesn't mean these men should keep paying support but I hope they can find some way to show the children that they are rejecting a legal obligation and not the children.

08-31-2002, 07:11 AM	#2
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	If he wants to volenter aid he should be allowed to but he should not be forced i imigin finding out the girl wasnt his was probabaly the cause of the split. __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

09-01-2002, 12:29 PM	#3
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	No one should be forced to support a child that isn't his/hers. Bonding has nothing to do with money. __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

09-01-2002, 01:32 PM	#4
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	if the guy wants to pay let him if he dosen't Track down the real dad with a angry mob armed waving pitchforks and make him pay for HIS child! __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

09-01-2002, 01:35 PM	#5
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	sorry about that __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

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09-01-2002, 04:03 PM	#7
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Don't be sorry, Arwen Evenstar.....sometimes it takes pitchforks! I think the natural father is the one who should pay the child support. However, I do think it is difficult for children to be rejected by persons whom they have bonded with as a father. That doesn't mean these men should keep paying support but I hope they can find some way to show the children that they are rejecting a legal obligation and not the children.