[stlnative]

What if Mr. Callahan was killed on any other day besides 9/11! Would this be happening? Would his mistress be suing Mr. Callahan's widow over child support for the child the mistress and Mr. Callahan created?

Of course how and when Mr. Callahan was killed should not play a factor in this, but the reality of it is that it does because a victim/survivor fund is involved.

[monday]

"What if Mr. Callahan was killed on any other day besides 9/11! Would this be happening? Would his mistress be suing Mr. Callahan's widow over child support for the child the mistress and Mr. Callahan created?"

She is not suing Mrs. Callahan, she is suing Mr. Callahan's estate, and the answer is probably. Her child is just as entitled to a share of Mr. Callahan's estate is his legitimate children.

[FITZ]

She might --- there's a woman here who had an affair with a married man, got pregnant and sued for child support and won. The man's wife actually stayed with him --- even though a considerable part of his income for 18 years was taken by the ex-lover. Obviously these women didn't really intend to work themselves to support the children they have through adulterous affairs.

I'm sure in this case the bigger sum of money is inspiring a good bit of greed in the "other" woman --- she's suing the wife --- going after her money but I guess that's par for the course.