[William Terrell]

Don't you think a man, 1) who discovered his wife cheated on him, 2) is now being forced to support the child of that adultery, 3) she delaying confessing, or having no intention to confess, repented her act an giving the child time to see this man as a "father", 4) did not want or love that child under those conditions, would be a detriment to the raising of that child?

Also, if the man (now probably divorced) never got, or chose not, to see the child, would that destroy your basic reasoning, because the child would have not "father" for all practical purposes?

[HitmanLV]

Good questions and I have addressed it all on numerous follow up posts on this thread. Briefly, my answer is ‘no, it’s not necessarily a detriment,’ and it is better he stay in the child’s life in a passable capacity as a loving father figure, rather than checking out on the child or children suddenly.