PARENT'S RIGHTS NOW!

Click here to read an interesting article in The New York Times on the issue of fraternity fraud.

Our position on the issues remains unchanged. Putative fathers should be allowed to utilize the results of DNA Tests as a basis to terminate their child support obligations.

The Wikipedia entry on "Paternity Fraud" has some very good information. And while we cannot vouch for its accuracy, the article discusses the Barreras case in New Mexico which involved a man who was forced to pay a total of $20,000 for a daughter that never existed.

At a time when the most jurisdictions allow the introduction of DNA evidence to prove innocence in criminal cases, there are still pockets of resistance in the United States against allowing the use of DNA to "prove innocence" in paternity cases. In our viewpoint, this is not only illogical and unjust, but a practice that invites fraud and deception.

Last December we posted MAN FORCED TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD. We have been unable to obtain an update on this case. If anyone has information about the ultimate outcome of the case, please share that information with us.

READER COMMENTS TO PATERNITY FRAUD NEWSPAPER OPINION PIECE

Well said!

The emperor has no clothes........the notion that you can replace dad with money and that that money is being spent on the children is absurd.

80% of the prison poplation is from fatherless homes, and mothers can spend CS any way they want since they don't have to account for it to anyone.

Posted by Robert on February 8, 2007 05:13 AM

The Child Support System of this country in reality, practice and design has more to do with a continous effort to collect and funnel enormous amounts of money through a system which realizes vast profits on the backs & misery of the children and non-custodial parents. The Child Support system reaps an enormous amount of interest from collected funds lining their coffers before it is slowly disbursed to Custodial Parents, also from the large amount of undisbursed funds for whatever the reason.

The Child Support System is essentially a Banking operation which does not fall under any national banking laws. There are no periodic statements of accounts provided to the Custodial or the non Custodial parent. ie regarding funds collected against funds disbursed. Therefore, niether party is able to reconcile their Child Support account. There are no milestone child support cut off dates in the system such as with the Social Security administration. Non custodial parents continue to pay child support for children who have pasted their 21th birthday, are no longer with the custodial parent. ie, married, deceased, incarcerated, in the military, left the country, where abouts unknown & etc. Undisbursed funds collected are never returned to the non-custodial parent ,so what is done with these monies? Custodial parents are not required to notify the system if there is a change in their economic situation. There are Child Support awards much greater than the immediate needs of the child that's being squandered by irresponsible Custodial parents instead of being directed to an appropiate savings for the child's future. The term Custodial Parent does not always mean a responsible parent and the Child Support system is more of a profitable government racateering system that hides behind their design and duping the public under the color of law, that their approach on the matter of Child Support is in the Childs best interest. I suppose the aforementioned point and issues are not spoken about in the Media because it's not Politically Correct.

Posted by Lou Robinson on February 8, 2007 08:25 AM

Lou Robinson's comment is the best I've read. It could not be anymore on the mark. Back in the late 80's early 90's, family courts in texas were getting away from awarding alimony and feminists knew they would have to develop a "backdoor" approach to still get alimony without the label. Feminists knew "Child support" would be their meal ticket because there is no accountability. "Child support" is code for alimony. Custodial egg donors and State Attorney Generals hide behind law enforcement to steal money by proxy. They are all cowards and racketeers. What upsets me more though is how many Fathers tolerate it, and how much money they waste on futile legal efforts (attorneys = racketeer) when they should take matters into their own hands. Unfortunately the only way to protect our children and next generation of fathers from bondage and restore justice is through a zero tolerance approach (bloodshed), like fallen hero Herbert Chalmers did when Attorney General of Missouri refused to stop stealing (known as garnishing) his wages for children that were not his. "Every Father that fights, refuses and resists injustice ..... is part of the solution" and "For every Father that conforms to injustice ..... is part of the problem" and "Every Father that does not stand up for what is right ...... makes it harder on his fellow brother"

Steve Hutchings / Texas
Posted by Steve Hutchings on February 8, 2007 02:11 PM

In today's edition, the Rocky Mountain Times carried a McCormick/Sacks opinion piece on paternity fraud. The Bill before the legislature would provide paternity fraud victims with the opportunity to utilize DNA Test results to disprove paternity. Read the opinion piece here.

We are not yet convinced that paternity fraud is as widespread a problem as some people seem to think. However, we do think that all paternity fraud is both deplorable and preventable. One reason that paternity fraud persists is that, as Margaret Jacobs writes in the Wall Street Journal, Courts Favor Ancient Paternity Rule Over DNA Tests. However, some states are now enacting legislation that allows litigants to utilize scientific evidence to overcome legal fictions based on public policy. For example, an Ohio Law now allows men who can disprove paternity with a DNA test to terminate their child support obligation. And in California, Innocence Is Now a Defense to a Paternity Action.