Do You Think Paternity Testing Should be Mandatory for Child Support Cases?

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Do You Think Paternity Testing Should be Mandatory for Child Support Cases?

by Assassin Felinious Posted January 04, 2008 19:30:17

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+6 Assassin Felinious January 04, 2008 19:34:55

Answered: Absolutely.
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Plooky January 16, 2009 18:21:31

Answered: Absolutely.
Yes, too many women look guys like a bank or ATM and think they don't have to have any responsibility. Rowe vs Wade gave women the right to have sex and NOT get pregnant (introduction of birth control). Not to do whoever they want and have have any responsibilities.
Sorry, men are men and cannot get pregnant somewhere along the way when you were being reared your mother and/or father should have told ya All the details about having a child not just the pretty stuff and IF there is any doubt... don't have a child.

No Glove, No Love..LOL
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Kack December 04, 2008 01:09:35

Answered: Sometimes.
I do, but the thing that sucks about that is that if the father and child have already formed a bond and the results come back that there's no genetic link, then the child could lose a father and the father could lose a child.
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Toby July 14, 2008 23:35:09

Answered: Absolutely.
why not?
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blondie March 26, 2008 01:17:52

Answered: Absolutely.
i would not want too find out after 18 years the child was not mine, if i were a man.
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Cherry February 16, 2008 18:18:07

Answered: Absolutely.
I so believe this but ....only if the court pays or it !!!!!
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Assassi... to Cherry February 16, 2008 20:51:04

That may be needed.
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marcat January 16, 2008 23:25:39

Answered: Absolutely.
BECAUSE IF I WERE A GUY I WOULDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T MAKE
mhar January 16, 2008 19:52:02

Answered: Sometimes.
Only at very young ages when the father has not bonded with the child yet.
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Tom January 16, 2008 15:48:35

Answered: Absolutely.
It's too easy to lie on the father. So many women lie to the father to tell him the baby is his because they don't want to lose him, knowing that there are other possibilities. If there is a test, there is no question about paternity and there are no lies. A test would make women be at least a little honest about secret relationships with other people and calm the mind of the father.
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Melisa January 15, 2008 00:11:15

Answered: Absolutely.
my dad had to pay child support for my step dads kid and it not only pissed my dad off but me as well
+1
Janet V. January 11, 2008 23:17:55

Answered: Absolutely.
you would think this would be common sense
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Tom to Janet V. January 16, 2008 15:50:34

As long as women can profit from it, it will never make sense. Money!
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Janet V. to Tom January 16, 2008 23:37:58

there are ppl in this would that sell their morals for something as petty as money. doing the right thing by your child should be what motivates ppl...not the money that will come from making a man pay for a chid when she knows he isn't or may not be the father. This hurts the child the most inthe end.
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Roxie to Tom April 05, 2008 06:01:59

I think the whole idea is for kids to be cared for, not women to profit from it.
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Unmistakably Liz January 11, 2008 17:02:07

Answered: Sometimes.
If there is a question of perternity i think the father should be allowed to request one, and the mother should be required to be involved.
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Eve January 10, 2008 21:51:30

Answered: Sometimes.
well if you dont know who the real father is then yeah but other than that not it shouldnt
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COCOMYLOVE January 10, 2008 03:48:00

Answered: Absolutely.
It is so many guy out there taking care of kids that are not theres,and the woman knows this from the begining and will not be honest with the guy cause she don't want to end up looking like a HEEl!!
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givemeabreak January 09, 2008 02:04:25

Answered: Absolutely.
People think that this kind of thing only happens on Springer, but way too many women get the paternity wrong. I've seen it happen to a few people I know and it ends up screwing the kid up big time.
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Rockin_Heather21 January 08, 2008 19:14:36

Answered: Sometimes.
I think that it should be necessary only under certain circumstances...I, myself have a daughter and on her birth certificate there isn't a name where it says "father's name" due to the fact I was 17 when I had her, her so called father wasn't ready for the responsibility so he left me...I didn't and still do not want anything to do with him and if I pursued him for child support ,it would just cause problems for me and my baby so I would rather not have that burden and let us have the happy -n- healthy lives we've got now.
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Spider20 January 07, 2008 07:28:15

Answered: Sometimes.
When it becomes necessary.......
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Mr. T January 06, 2008 00:32:49

Answered: Absolutely.
I ain't paying if it ain't my kid! Even if I love the little bugger! I'll just take em out for ice cream instead!
+1
Peachykitten January 05, 2008 17:44:12

Answered: Sometimes.
moderated...
+2
GOD January 05, 2008 15:38:08

Answered: Absolutely.
hell yea get all those women off my back just kidding but yes
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marquise January 05, 2008 15:36:15

Answered: Sometimes.
If the father request it........
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Qit el-Remel January 05, 2008 09:12:28

Answered: Sometimes.
If there's any reasonable doubt as to the kid's paternity.
Roxie to Qit el-... April 05, 2008 06:02:58

Kitty with 3 eyes?
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Shane - oldschoolelf January 05, 2008 07:59:31

Answered: Sometimes.
Only if the mother and child have no idea who the father is.
Max Par... to Shane -... December 13, 2008 21:38:45

Sometimes the mothers knows exactly who it is and still chooses another name from the hat.
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DrTim January 05, 2008 05:30:35

Answered: Absolutely.
If there is reasonable cause to question it most definetly.
I love children but I'm not sure I would want to be responsible for a child that is'nt mine.
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GETRDUN January 05, 2008 03:08:42

Answered: Absolutely.
Without a doubt.
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Ms C. January 05, 2008 02:52:59

Answered: Absolutely.
yes yes yes because their are people walking around with someone else child paying for that child and they don't even know that its not their and i know a couple of them to
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lala January 05, 2008 02:38:31

Answered: Absolutely.
Yeah, it would suck to have to pay child support for 18 years for a child that is not yours.
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! January 05, 2008 02:13:13

Answered: Absolutely.
Why would this be a problem? Only one reason I can think of. That being somebody having carnal knowledge on another other than the person she was supposed to be having it wish.

RWD
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matton January 05, 2008 01:22:10

Answered: Absolutely.
if action is to filed against a father
and we can prove he is dad we certainly should paternity test.
it would be a crime not too!
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Deanna January 05, 2008 00:43:22

Answered: Absolutely.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!
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B4Real2Me January 04, 2008 23:42:20

Answered: Absolutely.
I think EVERY baby born these days ought to come with a paternity test result before they even leave the hospital. I don't care if the parents are married or not, haven't you heard that old saying 'Mommy's baby, daddy's maybe. Paternity test will resolve any and all questions.
+2
GusGusss January 04, 2008 23:15:51

Answered: Sometimes.
Only if the piece of sh(BEEP)t father disputes it
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joanie baloney January 04, 2008 22:08:47

Answered: Sometimes.
Only if one party wants it. My friend had a son 16 years ago and her "man" and her had been broken up when she conceived. He may or may not have been the bio father. He wanted to get back together so bad and wanted to be the dad, he said it did not matter to him. she did not allow him to sign the birth certificate right away because she was not sure he was sincere. He begged her for 3 months and spent every waking minute with the baby.

Flash forward 16 years... they are broken up now (long overdue) and to get back at my friend, he went to "his" son and told him that his mother is a slut and that he was not his father. It only hurt the boy. And the truth is, he may be the boy's bio father, no one knows for sure. But when he signed that birth certificate, he accepted financial responsibility, morally and legally.

If there is any doubt about paternity, it should be done for everyone's sake.
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Jazzy January 04, 2008 21:19:01

Answered: Absolutely.
I think thats horrible. A mother can just say that I think this is my babies' daddy, but I'm not sure, but he's the richest guy I know.
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Assassi... to Jazzy January 04, 2008 21:40:01

I think you have a great point