Your story doesn’t surprise me as it will most who read it. Few believe me when I say that ANY woman......ANYwhere........can name ANY man as the father, and the f**king State will use its resources to go after that....ahem....”deadbeat dad” on her behalf.
It’s true as hell, and anyone who tries to deny it can talk to you................or to me.
Without spending a s**tpot full of money, as you know, there isn’t a damned thing you can do about it, either. Welcome to the USSA.
In California, there have been numerous cases like this. Mom went on welfare, and the state required her to name the father. Of course the father had to be notified, and he has a year to challenge paternity. IF he doesn't do so, he loses all rght to challenge paternity, even if DNA proves he cannot be the father.
So how does mom get around a successful challenge? She claims dad has moved and she doesn't know where he is. This allows her to "notify" the father by running an advertisement in the newspaper - and it doesn't have to be in a newspaper in the father's home town, either. A year after the "notification" is posted, suddenly mom can find "dad's" address to give to the child support division, who then let him know he owes a year's back child support, is on the hook until the child is 18, and has missed the deadline to challenge paternity. After all, it is in the best interest of the child!