Men owe child support despite not being fathers

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2012-10-09 16:12

Article here. Excerpt:

'HOUSTON—A new estimate shows an overwhelming number of child support owed statewide in Texas. According to the Texas attorney general’s office, there is nearly $11 billion of unpaid child support to date.

The attorney general’s office says the majority of those who don’t pay, have the ability to do so, but choose not to.

On the opposite spectrum, there are a small percentage of men who pay child support for kids that aren’t theirs. A family law attorney in Houston estimates that there are more than 120,000 men in this predicament in Texas.

A new state law says men no longer have to make child support payments if they can prove the child is not theirs. However, there appears to be a loophole in that law. It does not erase back child support.'

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that remove the possibility of doing what is right or telling the truth?

"small percentage" of men paying for someone else's kid(s)? yeah, testing says the rate is not a small percentage. empirical evidence it is called.

and another loophole, the law for the past allowing this expired 9-1-2012.
also, (fyi) new non-dads now have one year to file from the time of discovery.

a.g. - the majority who don't pay have the ability to pay?

facts please.

no payback? well, that is s.o.p. for judges. never, ever, make a woman pay for anything.

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Submitted by daveinga on Wed, 2012-10-10 02:15