Duped Dad Loses by unanimous decision in Florida Supreme Court

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2007-02-09 17:13

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"TALLAHASSEE - Richard Edward Parker seemed to have the perfect evidence to avoid child-support payments: a DNA test showing the child isn't his.

But he lacked something more crucial: timing.

Florida's Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that the Fort Lauderdale boat worker missed a one-year deadline to file a claim against his estranged wife, Margaret J. Parker, for fraudulently representing his paternity when a court ordered him to pay support for the 3-year-old boy in 2001.

Parker didn't even know he was the father until 2003 -- long after the deadline expired -- through a paternity test he ordered when his ex-wife sued him for failure to pay about $1,200 monthly in child support."

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