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>>>Tell that to the poor kid that thought he was her father for 14 years. I'm not defending the disgusting behavior of the mother, but the poor kid doesn't deserve to be dumped at this stage of her life. Being a 14-year old girl is difficult enough without having this to deal with.<<<

Then that is all the more reason why duped dads should be allowed to walk upon learning they'd been deceived. It gives mothers the incentive to stay in contact with the REAL fathers, and not to perpetrate a fraud for years. If mothers give a rip about anyone but themselves, then this legal reform will give them a chance to prove it.

In the past, I have addressed questions you've put to me. Now I'd like to hear a response to #34, if you would be so kind. I've stood the whole issue on its head , but it is an actual child in this real circumstance. What do you think are the moral obligations entailed in the relationship I described?

Then that is all the more reason why duped dads should be allowed to walk upon learning they'd been deceived. It gives mothers the incentive to stay in contact with the REAL fathers, and not to perpetrate a fraud for years. If mothers give a rip about anyone but themselves, then this legal reform will give them a chance to prove it.

In other words, punish the child for the mother's behavior. You care more about the man than the child, which is not surprising since we live in an age of "me me me."

If this happened to me (and I am female so this is a hypothetical) I would continue to love the child as if she were my own out of human decency and love of the innocent person I raised up to that point. Anything less is cruel to the child who has been blind-sided. I realize most would reject that, as it takes showing compassion to the helpless.