IOWS...there's a lot of men who are fathers who could be hauled into court and forced to pay for years of child support....
again, be careful what you wish for....who knows how many of our own fathers, brothers, and/or husbands could be in this predicament....
it will be a boon for the lawyering up sector....
of course, you could just have a good and decent father, good and decent brothers and brother in laws, and you could have a good and decent husband so none of this activity would affect you....
ah...morality...its so old fashioned....
I don't know about other states, but in California, they cannot grant retroactive child support prior to the date the claim is filed in court. So if the woman waits until the kids are grown to file - too bad, she's out of luck.
Okay to answer your worst case scenario, nothing to fear here. I see no problem with justice being done and real fathers knowing they are fathers and accused fathers knowing they are not.
And of course there are those non-fathers who wish they were indeed fathers with their spouse.
Alas, it apparently is not so. But hey the woman’s choice has to end somewhere.