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And many more are not! Hence welfare baby mommies claim they do not who know the baby daddy is. So as to protect the baby daddy from having to pay for their kid. Yes there are those few who do not know but I think most have a pretty good idea.
We do use DNA testing to prove paternity - happens every day in family court.
The conversation was pertaining to mandatory paternity testing at birth.....for every single baby....just because of the off chance that the mother is lying about who the father is.
My point?
Who is going to pay for it?
Why should insurance pay for a test that is not medically necessary?
If the named daddy wants a paternity test, he is more than capable of getting one on his own.....and the mother would not even know about it.
At that point, paternity testing is a personal problem, not a government/court problem.
The conversation was pertaining to mandatory paternity testing at birth.....for every single baby....just because of the off chance that the mother is lying about who the father is.
My point?
Who is going to pay for it?
Why should insurance pay for a test that is not medically necessary?
If the named daddy wants a paternity test, he is more than capable of getting one on his own.....and the mother would not even know about it.
At that point, paternity testing is a personal problem, not a government/court problem.
If the mother is not married and names a potential daddy it should be up to her to pay for the paternity test. Other than we're good.
The conversation was pertaining to mandatory paternity testing at birth.....for every single baby....just because of the off chance that the mother is lying about who the father is.
My point?
Who is going to pay for it?
Why should insurance pay for a test that is not medically necessary?
If the named daddy wants a paternity test, he is more than capable of getting one on his own.....and the mother would not even know about it.
At that point, paternity testing is a personal problem, not a government/court problem.
If they are on welfare then it would be good as there are some men who have numerous babies with different moms all on welfare
The other is for child support when the mom is not on welfare so they can make him pay for the child
If they are on welfare then it would be good as there are some men who have numerous babies with different moms all on welfare
The other is for child support when the mom is not on welfare so they can make him pay for the child
I agree about those on welfare......but......it wouldn't do any good unless there was a national database with all men's DNA on file.....so we could go after the baby daddy for support. That is all good from a taxpayer's point of view. However, if you are a man who does the right thing and supports your children, why should you have to give up your DNA to the government?
This is all boiling down to how much government interference we want in our personal lives.
If we want mandatory paternity testing, we need mandatory male DNA on file to make it all worth while.
Hell, if we are going to go that far {especially if those DNA tests are covered by insurance}.....why not require all males to have their DNA in a national data base so the real father can be held responsible?
If we are going to require mandatory DNA testing to possibly exclude paternity.....then we should also use it to prove paternity.
I would prefer to leave it up to the man......he can surreptitiously get a DNA test done at his own expense......or live with the consequences.....his choice.
No, the falsely named father can't 'surreptitiously' get a dna test. You think a court or LEA will accept test results without knowing the dna is actually from the man and the woman's child ?
Oh please. Most child support is spent on the mother herself and her new boyfriend/husband. It doesn't go the kids period.
I don't doubt that it happens SOMETIMES, but I doubt that it's "most". I wouldn't know, since my ex just decided he wasn't gonna pay any--or work for that matter--and that was that.
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Originally Posted by Phil306
And your ignorance of child support laws across the country is astounding and very evident. MANY states suspend the drivers license of persons who are not paying child support, in an effort to get them to pay.
How in the name of god would I know child support laws "across the country"? I simply asked a question, but I see you're one of those posters who just gets a big kick out of being snarly and nasty on the Internet. Hope ya got your jollies, big boy. I don't get that goofy game, but some of you who do this really seem to get off on it. Weird.
No, the falsely named father can't 'surreptitiously' get a dna test. You think a court or LEA will accept test results without knowing the dna is actually from the man and the woman's child ?
No, I don't.
But, if the man has doubts, he can surrepticiously have a DNA test done.........THEN file and go to court and demand a court sanctioned DNA test to prove he is not the father.
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I don't get that goofy game, but some of you who do this really seem to get off on it. Weird.
