...when the woman was fully AWARE that the child may not belong to the man that she identified as the father. It is a vicious lie that is perpetrated by women everyday. It ruins lives. Primarily the lives of the innocent children who had no say in the matter. Women like her give us all a bad name. I think the "father" should continue the relationship with the child and provide support to her as he sees fit. He can buy that child anything she wants, spend time with her, take her on vacations, have visitation, love her uncionditionally and be a father to her without handing his hard earned money to a woman that chose to lie to him.
Child support is intended for the child but is rarely spent on them in its entirety. My husband's *baby's mama* called us to tell us how she used child support payments to buy her 18yo daughter (from a previous relationship) a car $5000 and herself a $500 camera. That money was intended to suport the child that he *believes* is his but who knows??? We can't afford paternity tests. We have no means to facilitate a relationship with her bc we barely have the money to get back and forth to work and they moved over 8 hours away from us without telling us that they were leaving. We had no idea where they were until we were hit with child support almost 5 years later. Plenty of time to build up a significant amount of arrears. When she did start to receive the money she not only got his taxes but also an additional $400 a month. The mother is untouchable and never held responsible for her actions in creating a life. It is often assumed that her intentions were honorable when they really were not. The mother in our case stated repeatedly to every one that would listen that she was sterile. Due to her *advanced* age he assumed that she was telling the truth. Arent' you suppoed to be able to trust the person you are in a relationship with???? What was he supposed to do??? Take her to the doctor to to get medical verification of her inability to conceive??? Currently we support our family of five on $200 a week due to excessive child support payments.
The biological father should be held financially responsible. Does he now owe 13 years of child support arrears?? Can she get support from both men??? These women often live *high on the hog* (not only do they receive child support but also welfare, food stamps, medicaid, etc) leaving the man unable to support himself or even children from a present or previous relationship. That woman chose to do what she did knowing full and well what the end result might be. It's time for her to finally face the music. She owes an awful lot of people a lot more than they owe her.