New link: Paternity Fraud Australia
I'll let the site speak for itself. To date, it is the story of two men, Liam McGill and Rodney MacDonald, and their struggle to have the paternity of their children recognized as legal liability, or not.
It is astounding in the age of DNA testing used to convict murderers and rapists, that DNA testing is not recognized by the courts as proof of paternity. The most common excuse is "there is much more to being a parent than genetitics", which is certainly true.
However, when Paternity Fraud is involved, the goal is simply fraud, which reduces parenting to payments. Is it so hard to say, "There is much more to parenting than payments"?
The outcomes from these cases may represent international landmarks.
Evidence is increasing to show possibly 3 out of 10 children in marriage are not biologically from the father. Why should a man be forced to pay for someone else's children?
Contrary to the furor over 'deadbeat dads', many men will choose to pay for other men's children, but only out of the kindness and generosity - the love they feel - inside themselves.
It is not up to the courts, and certainly not some mindless bureaucracy, to order such payments. If anything, the courts and bureaucrats should seek the biological fathers and force payments from them. - But then, that would be expensive, wouldn't it?
It's just too easy to make a mockery of justice and fact.
It is astounding in the age of DNA testing used to convict murderers and rapists, that DNA testing is not recognized by the courts as proof of paternity. The most common excuse is "there is much more to being a parent than genetitics", which is certainly true.
However, when Paternity Fraud is involved, the goal is simply fraud, which reduces parenting to payments. Is it so hard to say, "There is much more to parenting than payments"?
The outcomes from these cases may represent international landmarks.
Evidence is increasing to show possibly 3 out of 10 children in marriage are not biologically from the father. Why should a man be forced to pay for someone else's children?
Contrary to the furor over 'deadbeat dads', many men will choose to pay for other men's children, but only out of the kindness and generosity - the love they feel - inside themselves.
It is not up to the courts, and certainly not some mindless bureaucracy, to order such payments. If anything, the courts and bureaucrats should seek the biological fathers and force payments from them. - But then, that would be expensive, wouldn't it?
It's just too easy to make a mockery of justice and fact.
A World Landmark Paternity Fraud Case
- Husband wins $70,000
In March 2000, Liam Magill of Melbourne, Australia, discovered that 2 of the 3 children born during his marriage were not his biological offspring.
In 2001, DNA paternity testing proved that a trusted family friend, Derek John Rowe, was actually the biological father of the 2 youngest children. Evidence later proved that Derek John Rowe and Liam's ex-wife had a 6 year affair, 4 of which were during her marriage to Liam and started shortly after she married Liam. Liam was awarded damages of $70,000.
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And mother-of-three, Kellie Gray, of Pinjarra, was negligent in not having a paternity test done as soon as her son was born, Judge John Wisbey said in his judgement in a damages action by a father who turned out not to be the father.
Rodney Macdonald, of Kewdale, claimed damages of about $70,000AUD from Ms Gray on the grounds that he was tricked into believing he was the father of her son. He gave up a well paid mining job to move to Perth to be nearer the child.
But, a court ordered paternity test proved that Mr. Macdonald was not the boy's father and he stepped out of the child's life.
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