Courts have actually ruled that men who have been paying support for a child which they thought was theirs, on discovering (via dna analysis) that it is not theirs, are still required to pay support.
It’s an interesting “game”. A lot of potential Timothy McVeighs are being created by our court system.
I know a guy who experienced that. The rub was that the Social Services people were actually aware of the situation before the ‘father’ was and they still fought to require him to pay.
“Henry Bowmans” would be more accurate...
and that’s probably a more effective model of what needs to start happening.
Exactly!! If a paternity test was NOT done at birth, and the H signs the birth certificate, it’s all over for him to later argue the child is not his. He is stuck!! Texas knows all about this.