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Man Can't Get Refund on £31,000 Child Support Payments Despite DNA Proving He's NOT Father
Mirror ^ | Aug 19, 2014

Posted on 08/19/2014 2:02:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Furious Steven Carter is fighting to get the money back after paying the Child Support Agency but waited 23 YEARS to have the paternity test

A man claims the Child Support Agency is refusing to refund him £31,000 in payments he made for someone else’s daughter.

Steven Carter has been involved in an 11-year dispute with the CSA after he was accused of being the father of a girl he has never met.

DNA tests taken this year by Steven and the girl - now aged 22 - finally proved they were not related.

But furious Steven, aged 49, said the CSA have rejected his demands for the money to be paid back.

He said:”I had a one night stand with the mother of this girl on two occasions. She was with a boyfriend at the time.

“She obviously looked at me like a cash cow. It was a fling 23 years ago and the girl is now 22-years-old.

“I work in a nightclub and the CSA contacted my employers and took my money. They accepted her word with no proof at all. I always said she was not my child.

“I wore protection which I know is not 100 per cent - but from day one I knew she was not my child.

“Now the British Government seem to be penny-pinching off me. I work all the hours I can every day and have not had a holiday in nine years.

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1 posted on 08/19/2014 2:02:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess you’d call it a “two night stand”. And a pretty pricey one at that...


2 posted on 08/19/2014 2:04:32 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: nickcarraway

There’s no end of trouble a loose zipper can get you into.


3 posted on 08/19/2014 2:10:29 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: nickcarraway
Certainly no one ever shared the "hot crazy matrix" with him.


4 posted on 08/19/2014 2:10:50 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: nickcarraway

So he waited all these years for a dna test and he didn’t use a condom and he slept with a woman he knew had a boyfriend...he doesn’t appear so smart with all these actions.

He should sue the mother for the money. Its not the fault of the CSA as they just collected the money.


5 posted on 08/19/2014 2:14:56 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: nickcarraway

This is a common occurence. Happens here in the US too.


6 posted on 08/19/2014 2:17:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: RginTN

He said he did wear a condom. It’s not clear whether he means he knew she had a boyfriend at the time, or he is assuming that now, since he is not the father.


7 posted on 08/19/2014 2:23:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Responsibility2nd; nickcarraway

You are correct. That has been the law here for many decades. “The Law presumes Virtue, not Bastardy.” I still have that in my police academy notes from over 30 years ago.

Unless the husband can PROVE non-access (e.g. in solitary confinement with no ‘conjugal’ visits) he is responsible, regardless of what paternity tests might say.

Also, once you start paying, you have to keep paying, regardless of what paternity tests say. Judges say it isn’t about the father or his rights, it is about making sure that the child has financial support. Tag, you’re IT!

No, it isn’t Just, but it is the Law. The two are not the same.


8 posted on 08/19/2014 2:25:47 PM PDT by SargeK
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To: kjam22
"Below a 4 'Crazy' and above an 8 'Hot' you're probably talking to a dude; that's the 'Tranny' zone"

ROTFLMAO!!

9 posted on 08/19/2014 2:26:49 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: stormhill

Yeah.... I saw that the other day and fell out of the chair laughing...


10 posted on 08/19/2014 2:28:07 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: nickcarraway

Once they have your money, it’s gone. PERIOD.


11 posted on 08/19/2014 2:28:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: nickcarraway

“It was a fling 23 years ago”

Was it worth it?

He should have done the test at the beginning.

Sounds like he needs money. She’s 22 now. He’s not paying anymore I’d think, and hasnt for a number of years.


12 posted on 08/19/2014 2:38:41 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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So he waited all these years for a dna test
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Probably couldn’t compel the mother to have the girl tested.


13 posted on 08/19/2014 2:39:33 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: SargeK
Yeah...no. It may be the law but there are a couple of problems here.

First off, the guy protested from the beginning and never accepted paternity; probably demanded the test but didn't know how to get one since he never met the child.
Furthermore and more importantly, he never "paid" anything. The Kleptocracy forcefully detached him from his money without his consent. Frankly, if there were any justice in England, he would not only get all his money back with interest but would be awarded damages to the stratosphere.

14 posted on 08/19/2014 2:40:06 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: nickcarraway

Sucks to be him.


15 posted on 08/19/2014 2:40:40 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: SargeK

“Unless the husband can PROVE non-access (e.g. in solitary confinement with no ‘conjugal’ visits) he is responsible, regardless of what paternity tests might say”

It is quite just and has been the basis for western civilization.

This case is an extreme that arises due to the immorality of our current value system.

He had his chance at the beginning to sort it out and not need to become the child’s provider.


16 posted on 08/19/2014 2:41:50 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: kjam22

I’m still searching for the elusive unicorn.


17 posted on 08/19/2014 2:44:15 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator
Capture it alive, we'd like to try and replicate it.

I should post this little video as its own chat thread. Its pretty funny....

18 posted on 08/19/2014 2:47:00 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: ifinnegan
"He had his chance at the beginning to sort it out and not need to become the child’s provider."

Did he? because the article is not clear. Did he wait this long to have a paternity test, or was the delay the fault of the system? Makes a difference, and I don't know the answers.

19 posted on 08/19/2014 2:56:24 PM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: ifinnegan; stormhill
"It is quite just and has been the basis for western civilization."

I must respectfully differ. That a father should support his offspring is a foundational principle of civilization is unquestioned.

But adultery corrodes the family, and with it civilization. That is immorality.

The respondent can't even go after the actual biological father and the state won't bother. How is that just? Why not just have the judge grab any likely victim (Why would it have to be a man?) walking through the courthouse that day and assign him or her the financial responsibility?

20 posted on 08/19/2014 2:58:25 PM PDT by SargeK
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