Paying child support for someone else’s kid
Another fine example of American law at it’s best, this guy is required to pay child support for a kid that DNA tests prove are not his.
They said Geoffrey Fisher owes about $11,000 in child support to cover the time from the child’s birth until paternity tests proved that Fisher was not the father.
So from the moment it was proven he’s not the father, he’s off the hook. But for all the time until then, he should still pay. Because… hmm… the test is inconclusive about the past duration, and it’s possible he was the kid’s father, and only stopped being so before the test?
Hat tip to Derek, who summed it up very succinctly – Stupid.
April 26th, 2005 at 23:11 EET | Categories: Legal |
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