[Pippin]

This is sick!

It's not the little girl's fault she's not his daughter, so why should she be made to basically regret all the good times she's had with the man she regarded as her father?

[FormerLurker]

It's not the little girl's fault she's not his daughter, so why should she be made to basically regret all the good times she's had with the man she regarded as her father?

Yeah, I pretty much agree with your point there. He should try to pick up his life, count his blessings, and if he was a man, stay good friends and send a present or a card once in a while...

[Godel]

Its called fraud. Thats like saying that a women who is raped should sit back, enjoy it, and count her blessings.

[quebecois]

The man is not the villian here. The guy is not angry with the girl, he is angry at the woman's duplicity. Obviously, she knew about this all along, but was perfectly willing to allow both this poor man and her daughter live a lie. She is sick.

[ChadGore]

Re:"This is sick!"

I agree that the focus should remain on what's best for the child, but doesn't a man have a right to legal redress when he has been defrauded in the most agreegious manor imaginable?

[William Terrell]

It's not the little girl's fault she's not his daughter, so why should she be made to basically regret all the good times she's had with the man she regarded as her father?

If you steal a car for a poor woman without transportation so she can get a job, the woman is helped and all society is helped by turning her into the work force. If the car is siezed and returned to its owner, the woman and all society is therfore harmed.

It's not the woman's fault the car was stolen!

[doug from upland]

I totally agree. The child considers him her father, albeit a stepfather. She has had a relationship with him. This is despicable of him. It is like she is just a piece of garbage he wants to throw away.