ArticlesCategory :: Paternity FraudBy 24/7 Press Release 8/26/2010 "...Miriam Lee took the singer to court, alleging that he was the father of her 14-year-old son. When McKnight failed to respond to her claims, the judge ordered McKnight to pay more than $340,000 in past due child support payments. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/establishing-legal-paternity-in-florida-167189.php By Sydney Morning Herald - Australia 8/15/2010 "FINDING out if your partner has cheated has never been easier or cheaper. DNA testing, once confined to science fiction then to forensic and research laboratories, can now cost as little as $295 and is so common it's even featured in an episode of an Australian TV soapie." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-genes-are-out-of-the-bottle-and-on-the-web-20100814-1248i.html By The Hindu – New Delhi "The Supreme Court has asked courts to be extremely careful in ordering a DNA examination to determine paternity, as sometimes such scientific tests may bastardise an innocent child even though its mother and her spouse were living together at the time of conception." Read the entire article: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article558197.ece By ChicagoNow (blog) - Illinois 8/4/2010 "...Last week in Cook County, a judge ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in past child support for a child that isn't his. The man even took a paternity test to prove he wasn't the father, but it was too late. Back in 1998, the child's mother went to court to get child support and the man never responded to the summons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicagos-real-law-blog/2010/08/crazy-illinois-law-alert.html By WJZ - Virginia 7/31/2010 "A Virginia man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a D.C. man during a fight over the paternity of twins." Read the entire article: http://wjz.com/wireapnewsva/Va.man.gets.2.1835635.html By NewsNet5.com - Ohio 7/23/2010 "A new community outreach program in Summit County will give mothers and fathers the opportunity to have genetic testing done at the hospital shortly following the birth of their child." Read the entire article: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/akron_canton_news/paternity-testing-to-be-offered-at-summit-county-hospitals By Tucson Citizen - Arizona 7/20/2010 "Guys who wonder if they are being unwittingly sucked into marriage or child support payments when they don’t even have a child can now find out once and for all." Read the entire article: http://tucsoncitizen.com/dating/2010/07/20/who%E2%80%99s-your-daddy-dna-paternity-testing-goes-countywide-in-cochise-clinics/comment-page-1/ By WHNT - Alabama 7/14/2010 "The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department arrested Amanda Hazen on two counts of forgery after discovering in an investigation that she allegedly forged two signatures on court documents regarding a paternity test results." Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-moulton-paternity-fraud,0,2196303.story He has a DNA test to prove it's not his son, but still has to pay child supportMonday, 12 July 2010
By WXYZ - Michigan 7/8/2010 "He’s on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in back child support. But he says the boy is not his son—and has the DNA test to prove it." Read the entire article: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/he-has-a-dna-test-to-prove-it's-not-his-son,-but-still-has-to-pay-child-support By Momlogic.com 6/22/2010 "...The legions of men out there who fear that they're not the babydaddy can now walk into a drugstore and pick up their very own DNA paternity test. ..." By YLE News - Finland 6/6/2010 "Thousands of Finnish men are testing their paternity with foreign laboratories without the knowledge of their partners ..." Read the entire article: http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/06/more_men_taking_paternity_tests_without_partners_knowledge_1739579.html By TriCities.com - Virginia 6/2/2010 "...The rates measure the number of unmarried fathers who voluntarily step forward and claim children born out of wedlock by signing their newborn son or daughter’s birth certificate before the child leaves the hospital. “We are very pleased about that,” said Nick Young, director of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. “Our goal is to get both parents on that birth certificate.”..." Read the entire article: http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/hospitals_recognized_for_paternity_establishment_rates/47043/ By PR Urgent - India 5/10/2010 "... Over the past five years easyDNA has developed into a leading DNA testing service provider on a global scale. easyDNA now operates through an international network of offices in over fourteen countries including India. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.prurgent.com/2010-05-10/pressrelease94058.htm By KSL-TV - Utah 5/11/2010 "...Fogg says Identigene has seen amazing success, with over 100,000 paternity DNA tests sold since they went nationwide in March 2008. He says it will be up to consumers to decide whether these new genetic tests are worthwhile. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10733597 By Silver Pinyon Journal - Nevada 5/2/2010 "...Humboldt General Hospital was recently honored for establishing 100 percent of paternities for unwed mothers. ... Read the entire article: http://silverpinyon.com/features/local-profiles/466-hgh-employee-honored-for-going-the-extra-mile By KSPR - Missouri 4/14/2010 "A new paternity statute gives a DNA test precendence over a birth certificate" Read the entire article: http://www.kspr.com/news/local/90888044.html By The Australian - Australia 4/16/2010 "MEN are using a new law to win back hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in child support for children they later discovered were not theirs."' Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/duped-dads-win-back-child-payments/story-e6frg6nf-1225854290980 By WRAL.com – North Carolina "Five men who say they're victims of paternity fraud met with some state lawmakers on Thursday." Read the entire article: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7427907/ By Chicago Tribune 3/21/2010 "...Others relatively new to the market include tests for paternity, thyroid activity, cortisol (depression assessment), prostate screening, sexually transmitted infections, ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sc-health-0324-diy-tests-20100321,0,3462958.story By People.com 3/21/2010 "...Tabloids also drew a connection between a 2007 paternity suit filed by a Georgia woman, Kali Bowyer, who claimed Rock was the father of her then-13-year-old son. DNA tests later proved that was not the case. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20353392,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By KDKA - Pennsylvania 2/23/2010 "..."An individual is being responsible financially for a child that is not theirs and they feel that the responsibility should be carried on by the true biological father," Solobay said. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/child.support.ruling.2.1515142.html By Mid-Day - India 2/18/2010 "Growing number of Mumbaikars scurry for DNA tests for reasons ranging from suspicion and surrogacy to even property disputes" Read the entire article: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/feb/180210-mumbaikars-paterinity-tests.htm By Examiner.com -- Ohio 2/12/2010 "...To make matters even worse, police say that Avila-Villa committed the murder so that authorities would not discover that the father of the child is a 14-year old teennager. Avila-Villa feared that paternity would be discovered because she applied for welfare. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-30844-Cincinnati-Crime-Examiner~y2010m2d12-Woman-heads-to-court-charged-with-murdering-her-baby By Maryland Divorce (By Robert Flanagan) - Maryland 1/31/2010 "...Mr. Duckworth played a trump card to defend against a claim for arrearages brought by his former wife. He asserted a claim that had long been a matter of suspicion. He wasn't the biological father of his 14 year old daughter!..." Read the entire article: http://www.marylanddivorceattorneyblog.com/2010/01/maryland-divorce-lawyers-know-1.html By Frank Graham (North Platte Bulletin) - 3/11/2009 "A former North Platte resident has paid child support for 29 years, even though a DNA test said the daughter is not his. ...The test, performed by Laboratory Corporation of America in Burlington N.C., said Spiehs is “excluded from paternity” and that he is “not the biological father of the child.” “Probability of paternity -- 0.00%,” the test concluded. But that test doesn’t matter, according to the law." Read the entire article: http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&pageID=3&storyID=16212 By Jamaica Gleaner - Jamaica 11/16/2009 "One particular tip from my Flair anniversary article - "legal tips for men" - attracted greater interest than others; namely, "If you had been maintaining a child and later discover that he or she is not your biological child, you may make an application for all sums spent on that child to be repaid to you."..." Read the entire article: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091116/flair/flair3.html By WebWire (press release) - Arizona 1/5/2010 "Arizona Mobile DNA Services utilizes only accredited reference laboratories and brings the power of DNA testing directly to its clients." Read the entire article: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=110291 By Deseret News - Utah 12/16/2009 "...The state Supreme Court released a decision Wednesday in favor of Daniel Austin, a father who was not married to the mother of his child. Austin is still working to prove that he is, in fact, the child's father, but the court's decision has made it possible for him to try to do so. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352153/Ruling-offers-new-hope-to-unwed-dads-in-Utah.html By KDKA - Pennsylvania 12/17/2009 "...State legislatures and judges are grappling with questions that go to the heart of what defines being a father. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/local/paternity.case.battle.2.1377195.html By Herald Tribune 12/20/2009 "...When she claimed in 2004 to be pregnant with his baby, he believed her, he says, because they had sex one time well after their breakup. He feels stupid about believing her, he says. He and she were both about 30, old enough that neither should have been naive. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091220/COLUMNIST/912201033/-1/NEWSSITEMAP By Canada.com - Canada 12/3/2009 "...After getting divorced, his ex-wife then married the man who was the child's actual biological father -- yet Mike is still legally obligated to pay child support: “I pay child support to a biologically intact family,” Mike told me, his voice cracking with incredulity. “A father and mother, married, who live with their own child. And I pay support for that child. How ridiculous is that?”..." Read the entire article: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/parenting/archive/2009/12/03/dna-paternity-test.aspx By Salon.com 11/20/2009 "A man is supposed to take care of his children. If he gets a woman pregnant, he's expected to step up and take responsibility. But what if that man discovers that the child he thought was his own -- the kid he read to, cuddled and tucked in at night -- is another man's?..." Read the entire article: http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/20/paternity/ By London Evening Standard – United Kingdom 11/24/2009 "...Mr Patel said: "We treat this with the same level of seriousness as selling medicine. When people come in we explain what the kit is about and explain that it has to be signed by the legal guardian of the child before testing. There is more control here than there is on the internet. All our pharmacists are trained in how to use the kit. "Nobody would use it if there were not already arguments within the family. This is very useful for peace of mind."..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773999-families-at-risk-as-chemists-sell-paternity-test-kits.do By New York Times 11/17/2009 "...The revelation from a DNA test was devastating and prompted him to leave his wife — but he had not renounced their child. He continued to feel that in all the ways that mattered, she was still his daughter, and he faithfully paid her child support. It was only when he learned that his ex-wife was about to marry the man who she said actually was the girl’s biological father that Mike flipped. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/magazine/22Paternity-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
By Daily Mail – United Kingdom 11/18/2009 "Britain's first over-the-counter paternity test kit went on sale amid claims that it could tear families apart and lead to misery for rejected children." By KCTV5 11/19/2009 "In states like Kansas, DNA evidence is not enough to prove who a child's father is under the law." To View Video: http://www.kctv5.com/video/21605184/index.html By The Japan Times - Japan 10/30/2009 "...The arrest is the first of its kind since the Nationality Law was revised in January to allow children born out of wedlock to foreign women to obtain Japanese nationality if the Japanese father recognizes them as his." Read the entire article: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091030a1.html By Lloyd B Smith -- Jamaica Observer 10/27/2009 "I was startled by a recent revelation on a popular talk show by a social worker that one out of three children in a man-and-woman union in this country, be it common-law or otherwise, is likely to be a "jacket". In other words, one child was not fathered by the man with whose surname the child was registered or perhaps even christened in!" Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091026T190000-0500_162599_OBS_PATERNITY_ISSUES_.asp By E-Online 10/14/2009 "According to science, Keanu Reeves still has no children to speak of. At least, so says the DNA test the actor submitted to in order to prove that he did not father at least one of Karen Sala's four adult children. But apparently, Sala isn't willing to accept scientific certainty without a fight." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148987_dna_proves_keanus_not_dad_mom_begs.html By Steve Lash Daily Record (subscription) - Maryland 9/21/2009 "A man who waited nearly 13 years to contest paternity of his ex-wife’s child must continue to pay child support, even though he’d had a vasectomy years before she conceived and the DNA test ultimately proved he was not the child’s biological father. Maryland’s top court said a Garrett County judge erred in ordering the paternity test without considering if Darren G. Kamp’s challenge was in the best interest of the child, Julie, in light of the strong bond she and Kamp had formed." Read the entire article: http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=13439&type=UTTM By Wang Hongyi China Daily - China 9/23/2009 "A leading Beijing paternity testing center says up to 30 percent of tested men were not the biological fathers of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-09/23/content_8723991.htm By It Online – Georgia -- Press Release 9/23/2009 "In 2003, The American Association of Blood Banks found that in almost 30 percent of the paternity tests conducted the man being tested is not the biological father. ...Sharon Squires, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, and Carnell Smith PfV have joined forces to develop a new on-line survey, the first of its kind, which will examine the emotional, financial, legal, and social impact of paternity fraud on men. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=65824 By Pete Billing M.D. -- Mens News Daily 9/4/2009 "...Women have always known for sure that the children they raise are their own; maternity never needs to be doubted, even in the most primitive of societies. Paternity, on the other hand, has always been something that men have doubted, consciously or unconsciously. In the absence of reliable scientific testing, how is a man to know for sure whether he is really the father of a certain child. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/09/04/dna-test-all-newborns/ By Times Online – United Kingdom 8/27/2009 "A devoted father who discovered that two of his three children had been fathered by another man is suing his ex-wife for compensation." Read the entire article: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6811203.ece By Aidan Mcgurran -- Mirror.co.uk – United Kingdom 8/13/2009 "Kits to find out who is the father of a child are to be sold in chemists for the first time. But there are fears the DIY tests could lead to children receiving devastating news without counselling." Read the entire article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/13/d-i-y-dna-115875-21593176/ By Examiner.com - USA 8/12/2009 "Frank Hatley has spent the last 13 months in a Georgia jail for failing to pay child support, despite the fact that Hatley, the child's mother, and the state knew he wasn't the father." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-5845-Single-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m8d12-GA-man-relieved-of-child-support-debt-on-a-child-that-isnt-his By CNBC - USA 8/13/2009 "An Ohio lab that lost its contract with the state for DNA testing wants Gov. Ted Strickland to review an agency's decision to award the work to a North Carolina company." Read the entire article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32407735 By CNN.com 8/11/2009 "A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/11/georgia.child.support/index.html By Steve Lombari -- InjuryBoard.com - Iowa 7/27/2009 "It should be called the Hatley Amendment, in honor of Frank Hatley, a 50-year-old man who’s been in jail since June 2008 for not paying child support even though two separate DNA tests in the last nine years prove he’s not the father. ..." Read the entire article: http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/states-will-should-begin-jailing-mothers-who-wrongfully-identify-men-in-paternity-actions.aspx?googleid=267326 By Emediawire (press release) - Washington 7/27/2009 "...DNA Worldwide today announced the launch of the Worlds most advanced DNA Test for Paternity. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/dna_test/paternity_test/prweb2679974.htm By Medical Device and Equipment.com 7/9/2009 "IDENTIGENE says 50,000 of its DNA Paternity Test Kits have been purchased since retail sales began in a West Coast test market in November 2007." Read the entire article: http://www.medicaldevicesandequipment.com/article/identigene-has-sold-over-50-000-units-of-its-retail-dna-paternity-test-kits/489879.aspx By Canada.com 7/7/2009 "A lawyer representing actor Keanu Reeves in a paternity suit brought by a woman from Barrie, Ont., said he is "very confident" the case will eventually be dismissed." Read the entire article: http://www.canada.com/Keanu+Reeves+lawyer+confident+paternity+suit+will+dismissed/1766213/story.html By Bill Rankin -- Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia 7/14/2009 "Frank Hatley has languished in a South Georgia jail for more than a year. The reason? He failed to reimburse the state for all the public assistance his “son” received over the past two decades. The problem? Hatley is not the biological father -- and a special assistant state attorney general and a judge knew it but jailed Hatley anyway." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/court-knew-man-jailed-91036.html
By Jade Bulecza -- WALB-TV - Albany, Georgia 7/15/2009 "A man who was wrongfully jailed for more than a year was released from the Cook County Jail this afternoon." Read the entire article: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=10733482&nav=5kZQ By KansasCity.com 7/7/2009 "Men will have two years to challenge paternity rulings with DNA tests under legislation signed Tuesday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1311974.html By Kenneth Ofgang -- Metropolitan News-Enterprise - California 6/22/2009 "A voluntary declaration of paternity, filed in statutory form with Department of Child Support Services, takes precendence over the presumption of paternity arising from having held a child out as one's owen, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday." Read the entire article: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2009/kevi062209.htm By YahooNews 6/18/2009 "The Supreme Court said Thursday that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. The decision may have limited impact because the federal government and 47 states already have laws that allow convicts some access to genetic evidence. Testing so far has led to the exoneration of 240 people who had been found guilty of murder, rape and other violent crimes, according to the Innocence Project. The court ruled 5-4, with its conservative justices in the majority, against an Alaska man who was convicted in a brutal attack on a prostitute 16 years ago. William Osborne won a federal appeals court ruling granting him access to a blue condom that was used during the attack. Osborne argued that testing its contents would firmly establish his innocence or guilt. In parole proceedings, however, Osborne has admitted his guilt in a separate bid for release from prison. The high court reversed the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. States already are dealing with the challenges and opportunities presented by advances in genetic testing, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his majority opinion." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_dna_testing By Dr. Ada FisherSalisbury Post – North Carolina 6/15/2009 "Sitting recently in the Rowan County courtroom waiting to hear the cases on paternity and child support, I was struck by the overflow of cases, the youth and unemployment of the parents in question and the unfairness of this system to children as well as taxpayers. Men should be outraged that they can be challenged for paternity with or without cause, without rights of recovery, even when they are not proven the father of the child in question. And taxpayers are being fleeced to support children for whom the parents often show little regard or responsibility in their conception and care. A young friend of mine was told by his then girlfriend that she was pregnant and he was the father. Raised to be responsible and believing he was the only one involved with the potential mother, he contributed more than $8,000 to the care and nurturing of the child, disregarding the admonition of his mother and me to get a paternity test. When he did finally get the DNA paternity test, it proved he was not the father of the child. He was stuck with a bill for a child he didn't create and no penalty accrued for such falsification by his accusers — the mother and DFCS. Where is equal justice? On the court docket were several young men being brought up for non-support of more than one child involving more than one woman. There seemed to be no sense of shame in the courtroom. One young man started shouting and cursing at his girlfriend until I intervened and told him to cool it. Several young women had more than one child by different men." Read the entire article: http://www.salisburypost.com/Opinion/061509-edit-afisher By FOX2now.com - Missouri 6/9/2009 " In Missouri and some other states there's real, biological dad and there's legal, non-biological dad. Missouri lawmakers acknowledge the two aren't always the same. A law is now headed to the governor's desk. He paints houses. But a night out with the boys painted a messy future for Tony Galvin a married father of three, "She got my number from a friend of mine at the bar." Galvin says he never met her again, or saw her again. He adds he never had sex with her, "Nooo, never touched her." Perhaps, but two years later the woman had a baby boy, naming Tony the dad. Tony says he never knew about a paternity hearing, so when he didn't show, he defaulted. After his 30 days to appeal ran out, in the state's eyes, he "was" dad. Legal dad. Period. Tony says, frustrated, "They got nothing. And they're just 'you're the dad!'" But Tony got child support orders $674 a month. Prosecutors charged him with criminal non-support and the state took his driver's license. His life? "It ruined it, ruined it. Shut it down and stopped it right then. Of course it ruined my marriage for awhile. She's good now, but she wasn't then."Good now, thanks to genetic testing. What did the DNA test show? "That I was not the dad."..." Read the entire article: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-mo-dads-dna-legal-standing-060909,0,3653920.story By Bruce DeMara Toronto Star - Canada 5/29/2009 "A Barrie woman has filed a request to an Ontario court to compel actor Keanu Reeves to provide a DNA sample as part of a bid to get support for herself and her four children. Karen Sala, 46, who is acting as her own lawyer, filed notice on Monday in the Superior Court of Justice family branch. Legal papers were served on Reeves' business manager in Los Angeles two days ago. The first court date for the case is July 6 in Barrie. "I'm pissed. I just want him to stand up and be a man," Sala said in an interview yesterday. A spokesperson for the actor said Reeves denies even knowing Sala and strongly rejects her claims. None of the allegations have been proven in court. ....In addition to the DNA test, Sala is seeking child support of $150,000 per month, retroactive to June 1988, as well as $3 million per month in spousal support retroactive to November 2006." Read the entire article: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/642316 By Robin McKie - Guardian.co.uk – United Kingdom 5/24/2009 "...Twenty-five years ago the idea that scientists would one day be able to pinpoint an individual from the tiniest trace of their sweat or blood would have seemed laughable. Today we take it for granted. Along with the CCTV camera and the tapping of emails and phone calls, the DNA fingerprint has become part of a civic apparatus that can follow the movements of individuals with unprecedented accuracy. Thanks to the research by Jeffreys, thousands of dangerous criminals have been caught and imprisoned and thousands of individuals unfairly denied UK citizenship have been allowed to settle in this country. At the same time, millions of individuals have had their profiles stored in databases in Britain, a serious threat to civil liberties according to some organisations and individuals, a point that is - partially - accepted by Jeffreys himself. More than any other modern scientific discovery, DNA fingerprinting raises crucial issues about balancing the use of technology to help society against an individual's right to privacy. Such concerns were far from the mind of Alec Jeffreys, then a 34-year-old Leicester University genetics researcher, in the summer of 1984. At the time he was seeking ways to trace genes through family lineages and had hit on a fragment of DNA that was repeated on different chromosomes in the cells of men and women." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/24/dna-fingerprinting-alec-jeffreys By John Holt - Meagan Kelleher -- fox4kc.com - Kansas 5/20/2009 "Tony Galvin is a married father of three who paints houses for a living. But a fun night out with some friends about seven years ago painted a messy picture for this Blue Springs man. He danced with a woman who managed to coax his phone number off one of his friends. He went home thinking nothing of it, until he started getting calls from the woman. He rebuffed her, he said, and now believes that may have set the stage for trouble. Two years later, the woman named Galvin the father of her child, something Galvin said is impossible. "It was really nothing. I met her at the bar, had a few drinks, we danced," he said. Galvin insists he never had sex with the woman. But Galvin missed a paternity hearing, didn't appeal the default judgment and ignored the child support notices that started piling up. Under the eyes of the law in Missouri, Tony Galvin is considered the "legal" dad since he didn't act to contest his status. He now owes nearly $37,000 in back child support." Read the entire article: http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-non-dads-law-support-052009,0,1147287.story By Steve Booher St. Joseph News-Press - Missouri 5/18/2009 "It may be rare in the state of Missouri, but it does happen. Every payday, some guy has a few hundred dollars deducted from his wages and that money goes to support a child that’s not his. If you’re that guy, you pay because the courts have so ordered. You keep paying because if you fall behind, you will be charged with criminal nonsupport and might do some jail time. At this point, your future is dim. And, there’s nothing you can do about your situation. The Missouri General Assembly moved to remedy these situations this past session. One of the bills it passed would allow men to challenge paternity with a DNA test. If they’re not the father, they would be excused from all past-due child support and any future support. They also would have their names removed from a birth certificate and have past criminal convictions for nonsupport expunged from their record. The bill is lying on Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk. His office says he wants to study the issue before signing it. So guys, if Mr. Nixon signs the legislation and if you believe you’re wrongly paying child support, you have until Dec. 31, 2011, to file a petition contesting your paternity." Read the entire article: http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/may/18/child-support-lets-make-sure-weve-got-right-guy/?opinion
By Philly.com 5/15/2009 "A Philadelphia man who was forced to pay child support for another man's daughter and went to jail for falling behind on the payments is suing two Pennsylvania counties. The lawsuit filed last week by Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. names Dauphin and Montgomery counties. The suit filed in federal court in Harrisburg says officials changed his personal identifying information in their computer systems to make him appear to be the child's father." Read the entire article: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090512_ap_pacountiessuedinmistakenchildsupportcase.html By Business Wire (press release) - California 5/11/2009 "Barbara McCaskill verified the success of a 20-year search for her biological parents recently with a simple cheek-swab genetic test. “The accuracy of DNA testing put any doubts to rest,” said McCaskill, of San Diego, who had purchased an Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit over-the-counter at her local pharmacy. Tens of thousands of people like McCaskill have taken advantage of the self-administered, non-invasive DNA paternity test since March 2008, when it first became available nationwide in the family planning or home diagnostic aisles of pharmacy chains. The Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit was the first ever—and is still the only—genetic test sold through major retail outlets. “We have seen a dramatic increase in sales due to a new public awareness that reliable, affordable DNA paternity testing is now available at their local drug store,” said Doug Fogg, COO of Identigene, which is world’s largest provider of direct-to-consumer paternity testing, and has been offering DNA testing services since 1993. “We continue to have significant direct online retail sales, but the purchasing paradigm has changed. Now, we often find customers use our Web site as a resource for information about DNA testing, then go to their local drug store for the purchase.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090511005212&newsLang=en
By Pete Shellem - The Patriot-News 5/11/2009 "A Philadelphia man who was thrown in Dauphin County Prison four times for not paying support for someone else's child has filed a federal lawsuit against the county and Montgomery County, charging that officials tampered with his personal information to make him appear to be the father. The lawsuit filed in U.S. Middle District Court by Walter Andre Sharpe comes on the heels of Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. saying no criminal charges would be filed in the case. The lawsuit says domestic relations officials in Montgomery County changed Sharpe's name in their computer system because he at one time used his mother's maiden name. His Attorney, Spero Lappas said he could find no explanation in the records for why his date of birth and other identifying information was changed to match up with Andre Sharpe, the real father of the child." Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/man_jailed_for_not_paying_supp.html By KDKA - Pennsylvania 5/11/2009 "The trial began for a Butler County man accused of killing a 14-month-old child. Jarred Knight, 25, is charged with the first degree murder of Tyler Davis. If convicted, Knight could face the death penalty. Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/local/Jarred.Knight.trial.2.1006574.html
By Carolyn Hax / Tell Me About it - Boston Herald 5/10/2009 "I’m writing to you because I don’t know who else to ask. My wife and I have been happily married for six years. We have a beautiful daughter, age 2. For about the past six months I have suspected my daughter isn’t really “mine.” I have never suspected my wife of cheating on me, but for a number of reasons I cannot quiet my suspicions about the baby. I have not confronted my wife because I know that might devastate our marriage. But I have to know. What should I do?" Read the entire article: http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view/2009_05_10_Weigh_paternity_doubts_vs__worst-case_outcome/srvc=home&position=recent By LEE LOGAN -- Fort Mills Times – South Carolina 5/11/2009 "JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — James McClendon knows he's not the biological father of his ex-girlfriend's 16-year-old son. He's got a DNA test to prove it. But his wages are trimmed each month to pay thousands in child support debt. McClendon, who lives in St. Louis, has been fighting a 10-year legal battle to overturn a paternity ruling that says he's the child's father. Between legal bills, supporting his three biological children and several failed jobs, he's built up $25,000 in child support debt. I'm not the kid's father. Why am I still being prosecuted for this?" said McClendon, 36. "How can I go on with my life with that type of debt?"
Stories like McClendon's have inspired more than 30 states to adopt laws in the past decade allowing men to challenge paternity rulings with genetic tests, which can achieve nearly total accuracy. At least nine states this year are considering legislation to either allow DNA paternity challenges or expand them. Missouri could become the latest state to join the trend. A bill pending Gov. Jay Nixon's signature would give men two years to contest paternity rulings with a DNA test. A spokesman for the governor said he plans to review the bill after the legislative session ends May 15." Read the entire article: http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/560789.html By WHNT - Alabama 5/7/2009 "After an extended debate on the effects of a bill that could allow a person who is found not to be the father of a child to recoup child support payments, the House sent the bill back to the judiciary committee. Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn-xgr--childsupport,0,4962493.story By WKMG - Florida "State Acknowledges Man Is Not Father, Still Demands Payments - A local man is fighting against having to make back child support payments for a child that is not his. Brian Stancheski, of Sanford, proved that a 3-year-old boy is not his in order to be able to stop paying child support several months ago, but the state still wants him to pay $9,000 in back payments." Read the entire article: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/19186388/detail.html By The Associated Press - USA 4/9/2009 "Lawyers filed a paternity suit against Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Wednesday, alleging that a son was born to the former Roman Catholic bishop five months after he abandoned the church for politics. But the woman named in the complaint quickly distanced herself from the suit, and her lawyers said they would withdraw it. Lugo's spokesman said the claim "must be false," while another official close to the president called the allegation a smear campaign. "There must have been someone who wanted to harm the image of the president," Lugo legal adviser Emilio Camacho told Radio 1." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjbPzVkmGnEQa5_DKeXXiHroX1pgD97EH7TG0 By News-Leader.com - Missouri 4/2/2009 "The Senate passed legislation that would excuse men of child-support requirements if they use DNA tests to prove they are not the child’s father. Under current law, man has a year to contest his paternity. After that deadline, his name automatically goes on the child’s birth certificate and he is required to pay child support." Read the entire article: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090402/BREAKING01/90402043 By JOANNA L. GROSSMAN - FindLaw - California 3/31/2009 "When Lillian S. and Howard S. began the process of dissolving their marriage, they elected to pursue a "collaborative law" divorce, one which followed special procedures and rules designed to avoid unnecessary conflict and pain for both of them. This was an ironic choice for this particular couple because, during the process, it was revealed that the couple's youngest child was fathered by another man during the wife's extramarital affair – a fact that stopped the amicable divorce in its tracks. The new information raised two critical legal questions: Should the wife's affair or alleged concealment of her son's parentage affect the distribution of the couple's marital property? And, should the husband be able to collect damages for fraud if his wife knowingly concealed the truth about her son's parentage?" Read the entire article: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/grossman/20090331.html By The Canadian Press - Canada 3/31/2009 "A Quebec man who has failed to have his name removed from the birth certificate of a young girl he found out was not his biological daughter wants to argue his case before the Supreme Court of Canada. The businessman has already struck out in Quebec Superior Court and in the Quebec Court of Appeal. Both courts ruled that paternity is ironclad if a man's name is on the birth certificate, if that status is not contested within a year of the child's birth and if other factors, including the same family name, indicate obvious bonds between the child and the parents. The courts ruled there is little room for interpretation, but the man's lawyer disagreed with both rulings." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5idhTLXonVpdvlwNEv_h_AotzXV1A By Fox News 3/27/2009 "A New York woman claims her daughter was switched at birth with another baby, and as a result, her baby was breast-fed by a different woman, WABC reported. ....When the mistake was finally realized and Anaya was returned to Brown, she rejected her natural mother’s milk, and now has to be fed formula, Brown said. Lamonsoff said his client plans to sue the hospital. A representative from Brookdale was not available for comment. ..." 2/26/2009, (Sydney) "Public debate over paternity fraud has intensified in recent years, with the number of people undertaking genetic paternity tests rising dramatically. However, Michael Gilding, a professor at Swinburne University, has challenged the claims that between 10 and 30 percent of men may be raising a child not genetically theirs, which he attributes to questionable research between 1970s and 1990s." Read the entire article: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090084952
by Brett Singer AOL Parent Dish - USA "When Mark Webb found out that his daughter wasn't actually his -- biologically, that is -- he didn't just get mad. He decided to get even and sue for paternity fraud." Read the entire article: http://www.parentdish.com/2009/02/02/paternity-suit-sparks-debate-about-rights-of-fathers/ By Sandy Hodson| Staff Writer Chronicle - Georgia "Judge David Roper said he felt bad for Kenneth Samuels when he learned the child he had fathered for 11 years wasn't his. Justice was also shortchanged, the judge said, because Mr. Samuels had been paying child support all of those years." Read the entire article: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/030208/met_189488.shtml BBC News – United Kingdom "Mark Webb, 47, lost a bid to sue Lydia Chapman and her daughter Elspeth's biological father for £100,000 for 17 years of "deception"." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7867053.stm by Ben Schofield, Liverpool Daily Post "A WIRRAL law firm is celebrating after defeating a landmark paternity fraud case in the Court of Appeal. Prenton-based Beech Jones De Lloyd represented Allen Mottram, a father who was sued for fraud and deceit." Read the entire article: http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/01/27/wirral-firm-hails-victory-in-paternity-fraud-case-64375-22785497/ by Moira Holden -- UKfamily – United Kingdom "DNA testing on babies in the womb is being carried out at the request of hundreds of women who have had affairs. It's thought that one in 25 men in Britain is unknowingly raising a child fathered by another man...." Read the entire article: http://ukfamily.co.uk/lifestyle/news/2009-1/general/pregnancy-paternity-tests.html
By DAVID KLEPPER "TOPEKA | Wife has an affair, gets pregnant and gives birth to a boy. Husband and wife divorce. Tests show the husband isn’t the father, but a court orders him to pay child support anyway. It is a story of what happens when the birds and the bees get entangled with the letter of the law, and on Wednesday, it had Kansas lawmakers scratching their heads." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/994731.html The Capital-Journal Editorial Board -- Published Sunday, January 25, 2009 "We've said time and again that job No. 1 for the Kansas Legislature is to resolve the state's budget crisis, but here's hoping lawmakers can make some time to unravel the dilemma that Army Master Sgt. Christopher Sprowson and his family are facing." Read the entire article: http://www.cjonline.com/stories/012509/opi_381238690.shtml by Shannon Firth -- findingDulcinea "One man’s quest to complete his family tree has unearthed long-kept secrets for some members of the Kincaid clan..." Read the entire article: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/jan/DNA-Tests-Reveal-Unexpected-Complications-and-Truths.html By Julie Magee -- Bournemouth Daily Echo – United Kingdom "A BOURNEMOUTH man who claims his cheating wife deceived him into bringing up her lover’s child has failed to win compensation for “17 years of lies and deceit.” Read the entire article: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4065878.Bournemouth_man_s____Paternity_fraud____appeal_refused/ By Radley Balko | January 12, 2009, 12:28pm | Reason "When Walter Sharpe received the certified letter on Feb. 6, 2001, he knew the complaint for child support was a mistake." Read the entire article: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/131006.html#comments BY WENDY K. KLEINMAN "When an Oklahoma man's ex-wife told him she was pregnant, he asked if he was the father. ..." Read the entire article: http://newsok.com/dna-test-doesnt-stop-child-support-liability/article/3333733 Associated Press "Chris Rock has asked a judge to keep a Georgia woman from writing a book about her claim that the comedian fathered her teenage son, an allegation debunked last year by a court-ordered paternity test."
Read the entire article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/17/ap5571193.html
By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer "'The last four years have been the worst in my life,' Samuels said about life since leaving prison in 2004. 'I went into so much debt.' Samuels said under other circumstances he would take full responsibility for the child as a father should."
Read the entire article: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081013_11_A1_Brande636682
View All Articles | Discussion  RSS Feed
|
