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This should be a model for every state in the union. Comments?
So the only one who will really pay the price is the child. Do you really think a dead beat dad cares about what the child is getting?
It took me eight months to get the state to put my son's father on his birth certificate. Plus his name on the certificate didn't push his dad to be more involved. If they are going to be an absent father, this will do nothing to change it.
This is is a pretty dumb idea, and I love how Chanel is for more government involvement in SOMEONE else life.
Yep. My ex walked out before my twins were born. He actually had me served with papers demanding I NOT put his name on their birth certificates and asking for a private contractual agreement in place of the State support system because he did not consent to having two children at the same time and didn't think it was fair to have the usual law apply to him "under the circumstances". What a fucking dumbass, but still they were eight months old before it was all worked out and his name added to their BC's. It was two years before I saw a penny of support, and five before he had a job with a paycheck that could be garnished.
Like I said, there are all kinds of fact patterns and reasons for no father to be named. In those circumstances, a lot of mothers would easily have been cowed or simply said "screw you". *shrug*
The only reason why I get money now, is because they take it out of his unemployment check.
My son's father was also in rehab when my son was born, it would have been a little hard to put him on the birth certificate. Then when he was out, he was an ass about it. I ended up having to have him served by the state and they had to do a DNA test, because he wouldn't just sign it. We didn't even go to court until he was eight months old, and we didn't get the new birth certificate until two months after that. Yeah, this is a good plan.