Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

I cannot imagine that, if this poor man ever love his "daughter", he would want to sever all emotional ties with her.  However, he should not have to pay for a decision to which he was not made privy.  Even if he were still married to this "woman"(?) .  Had he the option, the right to make the decision to support another man's child in the beginning, it MIGHT be another situation, but this man was literally taken to the bank.  The mother and the man who fathered the child are responsible, made the decision to sneak around, and, at least, one of them made the decision to lie to the victimized husband.  Does anyone think he would have chosen any of this?  I think not, and thus, he should be given some choices about where his money goes, now that he knows.

I think the celeb attorney did a poor job in arguing her point.  In fact, she did not argue her side of the questions posed, but, instead, opted, in typical legalese, to skirt the question by changing the focus.  She did not offer one good reason why a man should be held up by a cheating wife.  If I were the victim, I would have challanged her to put her money where her mouth was by supporting the child her ("moral") self!  I'm sure she would have shifted the focus there, as well.

What if this man only makes enough money to support his real and biological family, but still has to take food away from his househood to support the game?  Does he now apply for food stamps, burdening the general, tax-paying public for his former wife's indescretion or do we hunt down the responsible parties in the first place?

Think about it.  Someone you love and trust (or not) does you harm and then demands that you give them your hard-earned money.  What would you tell them in any other situation?...  I thought so!

Interesting show, not the least of which was the attorney. Does anyone else see that if laws were enacted to free wrongly accused fathers via DNA testing that it would take a lot of money out of the pockets of the attorneys? Some might suggest that at birth the children and parents should be linked through DNA, however this would play into the governments hands in their effort to establish national databases. Another idea would be to have sworn statements from the parents at birth as to paternity. If  the question arises later and it is determined that someone lied then that would be a punishable offense and a grounds to release the harmed party.

In todays climate, once it is proven that a man is not the biological father he should not be further obligated to pay support, if it was fraudulent, the mother should pay it back and the real father should be traced as it is done now, by the states agency that is responsible for enforcing child support.

I was a bit frustrated with the new wife.  She's certainly not helping the situation.  She's so busy pointing her fingers at the first wife over and over and over that she has totally overlooked the child.  When The female lawyer mentioned something about the girls age - the step-mom jumped right in and corrected her that she is older that 13.  Who really cares how old the girl is or was when the father told her about it. The way he did it was wrong and I'm sure it was at the urging of the new wife.  I am a step mom and my husband isn't sure if he's the biological father of is daugther but he loves her as if she is.  No way would he disrupt that girls life!  And yes I 100% agree the mother was in the wrong that she deceived her husband.  I do believe she did deceive him, she knew she had an affair and that there was a possibility that the child wasn't his, so she was in the wrong.  Like Dr. Phil said, neither parent has acted in a good way.

I agree. HA! HA! HA!

look up the man and have him repay the father; better yet charge the mothe with fraud.

I think it is time for people to start taking responsibility for their actions. If anyone is going to be stupid enough to cheat on their spouse, at least use protection.I mean it's an outrage to think that this women should expect this man to continue to pay for a child that he did not father.She lied  not only to him but to her OWN CHILD. At some point the daughter may need to address this issue with her mother.