Is the man in the article a dead beat dad?
If he is not, should the law be changed to protect his rights?
Good luck with that question. Maybe his girl friends husband doesn’t want to support his kid. ;0)
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If he is not the father then he should not be ordered to pay support. The decision should be reversed.
However, any father who does not do his best to support his children, regardless of the relationship with the mother, is scum.
I've known a few and told them so.
One guy cut a deal with his ex wherein he gave up any visitation rights in exchange for not having to pay support (the law in NYS doesn't allow this any longer). His kids grew up five miles away and never saw him. He used to say that they would come to him once they were grown. They did, checked him out, decided he was an asshole and cut him off.
At the same time another friend with two kids saw them move to Minnesota when their mother remarried. Not only did he keep making the payments but he flew there once a month, regardless of the weather, to see them. Did he get screwed? Yeah, stuff happens. But he dealt with it like a man because his daughters were more important to him than anything else. In the last two years both his girls got married. He gave them both away.
Whom do you respect?