Posted on 10/25/2023 1:41:00 PM PDT by grundle
I wasn’t planning on grandchildren for at least another five years, but my son came home at age 22 and informed me that he was going to be a father. I am not a fan of his girlfriend at all; there is just something about her that makes me not trust her. I tried to communicate this to my son, but he is blinded by her beauty, among other things, and has never been able to hear what I have to say about her.
Now that the baby has arrived, my son truly has blinders on. He is so in love with his baby boy that the idea of getting a paternity test seems pointless to him. I told him that he should get it just to remove all doubt that the baby might not be his. They have had plenty of heated arguments while she was pregnant, and she is guilty of spewing comments about the baby not being his. My son assures me that she only has said those things out of anger and that the baby is most certainly his.
I wasn’t planning on grandchildren for at least another five years, but my son came home at age 22 and informed me that he was going to be a father. I am not a fan of his girlfriend at all; there is just something about her that makes me not trust her. I tried to communicate this to my son, but he is blinded by her beauty, among other things, and has never been able to hear what I have to say about her.
Now that the baby has arrived, my son truly has blinders on. He is so in love with his baby boy that the idea of getting a paternity test seems pointless to him. I told him that he should get it just to remove all doubt that the baby might not be his. They have had plenty of heated arguments while she was pregnant, and she is guilty of spewing comments about the baby not being his. My son assures me that she only has said those things out of anger and that the baby is most certainly his.
I told my son that he needs to be reimbursed for any and all monies he spent on her prenatal care. I personally want the money back for what we spent on throwing her a baby shower and on big-ticket items we bought, like the car seat, crib, and pack-and-play. My son is emotionally scarred and can’t think straight right now, so it is my job to make sure he is asking for the right things. Is it petty to demand money back for what my son and I spent on a child that’s not his?
It wasn’t in the quoted test, see that he added it while I was writing!
He has to find him first.
Yup—Better Call Saul time.
“You need a criminal attorney..ya know.._criminal_ attorney.”
;-)
If I understand this correctly (and the writing is twisted and convoluted) the son accepted paternity even though there was no test.
Oh man. Life do get complicated.
Now We Want Our Money Back
if he put his name on the birth certificate believing he was the father......and he finds out he isn’t the father, hid name on the certificate is void.
That’s easier said than done. As others already posted, many judges will not remove a man’s name from a birth certificate even if a paternity test proves they aren’t the father.
Your son needs a lawyer...
Exactly.
A friend’s brother was a SEAL. Retired in about 2005. He joined us on a hunting trip. He told a funny Helo story.
Said they had to do a dog and pony show for a bunch of Academy Midshipmen.
So it’s night, a 53 comes up and they throw out an inflatable boat and a bunch of SEALS. The boat had a light stick taped to it so it didn’t vanish in the dark.
In the discussion afterwards a Midshipman commented that he didn’t think it was tactically sound to have that light stick on it because a sentry could see that.
He said he told the kid that someone in a position to see the light stick could also probably see the largest helicopter in the free world hovering 15 feet above it.
Yes... he got called in and told to reign the sarcasm in a little bit.
But his re-enactment of an imagined conversation between two sentries on the beach was comedy gold. “I don’t see the light you are talking about”. “Look, right there underneath that giant helicopter”.
Good stuff.
Good point of order. LOL
Reminds me of silent screen star Charlie Chaplin who had an affair with actress Joan Barry. She got pregnant and gave birth to a child, a girl, in 1943. Chaplin was sued for paternity. A blood test proved the child wasn’t his. The court still made him pay to support the child until she turned 21. At the time, in California, blood tests were not accepted as evidence in legal trials.
You would think DNA does not match, not my kid. And they will come back with, well the paperwork says....
In paperwork vs reality paperwork always wins unless you challenge it right away.
Right now a friend of mine is locked in a legal battle where there is no disputing the facts but the government wants their slice of the pie, which they will not get in any case, and in the process they have thrown a family into chaos.
being married when the child is born has a different set of rules...the two folks just living together.
she can’t speak for him.
“Is it petty to demand money back for what my son and I spent on a child that’s not his?”
Yes.
The state doesnt care. It’s emphasis is on protecting loose women from their consequences, while claiming to want protect children.
This is why mandatory paternity tests need to be done. Everywhere.
“”My son is emotionally scarred and can’t think straight right now””
I would say the article left out a lot - WHY is he emotionally scarred NOW and why is reimbursement of expenditures NOW a necessity? Has he found out the child is NOT HIS?
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