Paternity fraud is a hot topic . If you have searched for blogs about paternity and child support, you know there are numerous pages dedicated to protecting alleged fathers from “paternity fraud.”
In many people’s eyes, there are too many cases of men paying child support who do not need to be. This is a frustrating problem that can possibly be prevented by DNA paternity testing before support decisions are made. An example of an advocacy group working tirelessly to prevent and stop “fathers” being required to pay for children who are not their own is the US-CAPF (United States Citizens Against Paternity Fraud). Their website is www.paternityfraud.com.
Keep in mind that in addition to women naming fathers incorrectly, there are also plenty plenty of examples of men dodging paying child support in cases where they are known to be the father of child. This is paternity fraud too!
It’s an issue that plagues not only American courts but courts worldwide. What is the answer? Mandatory paternity testing at birth? If that’s not the answer, then what is? It’s a heated debate, for sure, and one that the courts ultimately may need to decide.
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Jeff says
You may be correct about the issue with men dodging paying child support. The big difference is that these men will be prosecuted, while woman that commit paternity fraud do not suffer any consequence. The other significant factor is that woman get custody 95% of the time while men get custody 15% of the time. That means 10% of the time it is joint custody. How is possible that 85% of the men do not have custody of their children. Surely it is not by choice. It is very simple. The kids are part of the equity system. The courts are able to get more money for the state through incentives from the federal government if they take the children away from one parent and require child support from the other. This almost always happens to the man, but should not happen to any willing and fit parent that wants to have equal custody.
Kate Styer says
Jeff,
Thank you for your input. As a single woman without children I really do not have the same perspective as those dealing with these issues in their daily lives.
I can definitely see your point of view and wish everyone out there dealing with issues of child custody the best to them and to me more importantly to the children in the middle of these battles.
Jacquelyn Galloway says
I think you are correct about the issue of both ways fraud. I need help but don’t know where to get it. Either Child Support Services in San Diego goofed or my son’s father I trying to be very clever. I gave CSS all of the info on my son’s father right away years ago and they said they could not locate him. Now, 18 or so yrs later they find the father in Saint Louis, they have my son and I take the test in San Diego and the father in MO. Well, they said the test didn’t match. I was blown away because there is absolutely no uncertainty; they showed me a picture that was supposed to be him; I hadn’t seen him since before my son was born but that wasn’t him, then they asked him to fax a copy of his ID; he did but I couldn’t tell if it was him or not. I am sure that he had someone take the test for him; I don’t know what went on in MO, I don’t know if it was MO CSS who administered the test or what; How does this work in that state. Can the father choose a place of his liking and send someone in his place in that state. I just know that something is wrong and it’s not on my part. Any suggestions? Please help in any way. Greatly Appreciated.
Rick says
I am sure there are a few men who try to dodge support payments by getting someone else to take the DNA test for them. However this has to be a very small number compared to the number of women who lie about who the father is. And as Jeff said, the men will be prosecuted and the women will be rewarded with child support payments. If the fraud is committed inside a marriage the husband is presumed to be the father whether he is or not and if he finds out and tries to rectify the situation by ending the relationship and stopping the financial support of the child/children the woman will get help in the continuation of the fraud and victimization of the man from the courts and he will be forced to continue financial support under threat of incarceration.
I know as a man I have a lot of responsibilities but it would be nice to have a few of the same rights as a woman when it comes to having children…like the right to end a pregnancy I don’t want, the right to give up the child to adoption (with or without the mother’s permission) the right to force the mother to support the child or to never ever let her know she is even a mother… whichever I chose …and to be sure I will get custody of any children I have when I chose to get a divorce and to get my wife to financially support any children I have with another woman …. it would be nice to have some of these rights…
Meagan says
Men do this just as much as women. My ex ordered an at home paternity test because he just wanted to be sure that our daughter was his. The test came back negative proving that he was not the father. I was furious because i knew that this was not correct I begged him to take another test and offered to pay for it. He refused. As a result i went through my states child support enforcement department. They tracked him down and ordered us to take another test. THe result from that test came back 99.99% he was in fact the father. I have tried to get some form of justice for myself and my daughter and have received nothing. My ex is now fighting me for 50-50 custody and will probably get it because we live in an equal rights state. This man who went out of his way to deny his own flesh and blood comes in as a equal player because he is her biological father.
Given the chance i would not go after him for child support again. I would gladly bear the cross of taking care of her myself. His $400 a month is not worth all the pain and anger he has caused. HE is a coward and my daughter would be better off without him.
ray allen says
My issue with child support is that Indiana (and most states) seek to preserve the LIFESTYLE of the children (and by inference, the custodial parent) with what is labeled as “child support”.
Child support should be an issue of the parents sharing the responsibility for providing for their childrens needs instead of the state dictating what lifestyle the parents should provide for their children.
Then again, it has been my experience that child support today is about money, power, greed and control because federal reimbursements to states for child support enforcement are based on the gross amount of child support collected, which gives the courts a financial incentive to maximize child support in every case.