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So why should a man be made to suffer because of the sins of a woman? If a man is *innocent* of the charge of fathering a child, why should he loose a significant chunk of his paycheck for someone else's act? It is insane and immoral to me that a man should have to pay for another man's actions.

You are completely missing the point. First off, fathering a child is not a crime, and you can't be 'innocent' if it.

Second, he may not have fathered the child, but he accepted responsibility for it by calling it his own at birth. He's now accepted responsibility for the kid. It merely requires him to live up to his responsibility.

This is the ONLY place in US law where a person has to pay the penalty for another person's crime. Disgusting.

Rediculous. Again, this isn't a crime, and I'm pretty sure this isn't unique to the US. It's a legal principle that is hundreds of years old.

Heck, the Libs have a fit about the idea of forcing a woman to go through with a pregnancy she doesn't want. Where does the rights of the child trump the rights of the mother in *that* situation?

Do you realize what you are saying?

If you are arguing the pro-abortion side, you just did a great job. But if you are pro-life like me, you just made my point.

but he accepted responsibility for it by calling it his own at birth

He accepted responsibility under false pretenses. Now I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure fraud is a crime.

", but he accepted responsibility for it by calling it his own at birth. He's now accepted responsibility for the kid. "

Yes. While duped during the commission of fraud, under the mistaken assumption it was his child, he accepted responsibility.

Your argument will on hold water IF he knew it was not his in the beginning.

Second, he may not have fathered the child, but he accepted responsibility for it by calling it his own at birth. He's now accepted responsibility for the kid. It merely requires him to live up to his responsibility.

ONLY because his ex-wife assured him that the child was indeed his child. Now that he has established that this child is NOT his, he should bear no further responsibility to this child. He is NOT the father and he should NOT have to continue to support someone else's child if he doesn't want to.

I totally disagree with this notion that a man should be forced to support a child that isn't his when he clearly doesn't want to.