Married man refuses to pay prostitute child support

Herald Sun ^ | 08/22/2009 | By Fiona Hudson

[Responsibility2nd]

* Man paid prostitute for sex
* She gave birth to his baby
* He is refusing to pay child support

A MAN who paid a woman for sex is resisting child support requests after the prostitute had his baby.

The married Melbourne man argues the child is potentially a breach of the Trade Practices Act.

He told a federal magistrate he shouldn't have to pay for the inadvertent offspring given the circumstances of the conception, the Herald Sun reports.

The accidental dad - who can be referred to only by the pseudonym Mr Lilley - told magistrate Grant Riethmuller he'd had "a consumer transaction" with the child's mother.

Mr Lilley argued an implied term of the "contract" between clients and sex workers was that women would take measures to avoid pregnancy.

Mr Lilley told the court he was not disputing paternity.

[Responsibility2nd]

This guy is so scre....

Well, you know.

[Vigilanteman]

Buried in the last line:

Sex without a condom is illegal in licensed Victorian brothels and escort agencies.

It would appear that both broke the law. When you ride a motorcycle without a helmet in many states, you waive your right to sue.

[isthisnickcool]

Umm... I’m certainly no expert when it comes to prostitutes but doesn’t the job usually entail haveing sex with numerous men? If that is the case how the heck would the prostitute know who fathered the child?

[hometoroost]

I hope the intercourse he got is worth the intercourse he’s getting.

[9YearLurker]

Or perhaps they just broke the condom.

[the invisib1e hand]

illegal in licensed Victorian brothels and escort agencies.

clearly the goverment thought they had thought of everything.

Clearly they were wrong.

Oh, there's a message in here for libertarians, too.

[the invisib1e hand]

a dirtball and a deadbeat.

[jagusafr]

“The married Melbourne man argues the child is potentially a breach of the Trade Practices Act.”

Now there’s a guy you want to be a father...what a pathetic excuse for a man. Can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.

Colonel, USAFR

[MetaThought]

Paying her in the first place was a mistake. Sets a bad precedent ...

[sickoflibs]

Way to go. Personally I think child support should be considered unconstitutional under the 1973 ‘right to choose’ and ‘privacy’ ruling Roe vs Wade but the SCOTUS only considers sexual freedoms not property rights as protected.

[Valpal1]

This what happens when sex is made into a commodity to be bought and sold.

[RobinOfKingston]

... ride a motorcycle without a helmet ...

There are, indeed, similarities.

[MEGoody]

Personally I think child support should be considered unconstitutional under the 1973 ‘right to choose’ and ‘privacy’ ruling Roe vs Wade

I'm assuming that you don't mean for this to refer to situations where an unmarried man and woman agree to have a child together when they have been cohabitating as though they were married - right?

[Cheetahcat]

No Choice here bit to man up and pay if it is his kid in spite of the mothers profession.

[rellimpank]

---Oh, there's a message in here for libertarians, too. --

--I'm a little slow this morning--what is that message?

[Albion Wilde]

At least one of them should have kept the exchange of goods and services “above the waist”.

[Oldpuppymax]

Frankly, the whore should consider this a “business expense!”

[Loud Mime]

This what happens when sex is made into a commodity to be bought and sold.

This and what happens in some divorce courts.

[Halls]

What an idiot! He is the father of this child. The child isn’t some business deal. Give me a break! He needs to take care of his child.

[corkoman]

When you ride a motorcycle without a helmet in many states, you waive your right to sue.

Waive your right to sue who?

Someone who blows a light and hits you -they are absolved of liability if you are not wearing a helmet?