Who's your Daddy?

scaeagles · 08-11-2005, 12:23 PM

One important issue arising from this is one of financial responsibility. I recall reading about a case - although I can't recall exactly when and I am certain I could not find any link to the case online - where a man had been paying child support faithfully for 3 years, as it was assumed that this was his child. A few years later he took a paternity test (because of his own suspicions) and was found not to be the father. He stopped paying. A judge ruled that he had to continue doing so because it had been his "de facto" child.

Seemed like an odd ruling to me.

08-11-2005, 12:23 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	One important issue arising from this is one of financial responsibility. I recall reading about a case - although I can't recall exactly when and I am certain I could not find any link to the case online - where a man had been paying child support faithfully for 3 years, as it was assumed that this was his child. A few years later he took a paternity test (because of his own suspicions) and was found not to be the father. He stopped paying. A judge ruled that he had to continue doing so because it had been his "de facto" child. Seemed like an odd ruling to me.
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