Volume I No. 26
 10-17-02
 Who's Your Daddy? Why Don't You Know? 
 { Paternity Fraud In America } 
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2002

 Imagine this scenario. You've been married to a good woman for
 15 years. You've fathered three kids. Two are in high school and 
 one is ready to graduate from junior high in the spring. Your wife 
 falls ill, and in an unanticipated moment of crisis, DNA tests are 
 necessary of all of the immediate family because your comatose 
 spouse is in kidney failure brought on by an accidental drug overdose. 

 Once the crisis is dealt with. You learn that two of your beloved
 chidren do not belong to you at all. They are not yours biologically 
 because their DNA isn't your DNA. Sure, their DNA profiles are 
 consistent with your wife's DNA. But not with yours!

 If you're a good fellow, little will change. You've bonded with 
 these children. You - are - their - father. In all ways except one. 
 And once your wife fully recovers, there's going to be some 
 painful family discussions - probably in front of a minister or a 
 professional marriage counselor.

 But imagine a second scenario. You're young, just starting out, 
 barely scraping by on the money you earn. An ex hits you with 
 a child support suit. "You're the daddy... you've got to pay. Deal 
 with it." Or maybe you've already been instructed by the court 
 to pay child support.

 But what happens if 3 or 4 years later you discover the child 
 that you're legally "obligated" to support isn't even biologically 
 yours. What would you do? How would you feel?

 There are three outcomes. 
 1. If you reject the child and stop paying support for that child,
 you could end up in jail. Even though the child is not yours.
 2. If you reject the child and continue paying. You're still a cold
 hearted jerk.
 3. If you accept the child. And are as loving as ever. Wow, you're
 a great guy.

 But many men in the third situation also feel as if they've been 
 had. Which is true. And that they've been played by some malicious
 gold digger who's only interest in them is their money. In other words, 
 these men feel as if they are the victim of a kind of legalized fraud 
 that the courts allow no relief from once the fraud has been
 discovered. 

 Because of the best interests of the child.

 Paternity fraud is gathering the attention of state legislatures across 
 the land. Sure the best interest of emotionally vulnerable children 
 should always be of paramount concern. To have a parent disappear 
 out of a child's life could be a devastating event that's difficult, 
 if not impossible to recover from. It can be life-altering.

 Yet, fraud is fraud. And a woman claiming a man is the father of 
 her baby - when she knows he is not - is a crime. Or should be a 
 crime. Not to mention that it is a morally contemptable thing to 
 do.

 The availability of quick and easy DNA testing means that this 
 type of crime is going to be revealed more often. Come to light in 
 routine circumstances, where 15 years ago DNA testing would 
 either have been impossible, or prohibitively expensive. It is time 
 that state legislatures pass laws that are fair to everyone involved. 
 Perhaps paternity testing should become mandatory before any 
 court order instructing child support payments is issued. 

 The best way to defeat paternity fraud is to catch it at the very 
 beginning. A child should not have to lose a parent through 
 no fault of its own. But, law-abiding men should not be the 
 unwitting victims of legalized fraud, either.
 

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