Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

Money is the issue with the Mom.  Dad was spelled as "MD" "paycheck" "Cha ching" not who's the father.

how dare we judge the father, he may have acted out of pain or anger but whatever the case nothing can compare to what the mom did.  He was human.

the only money to this child should be for the "dad" to pay for counseling or place money in an trust where the mon can't get her creedy hands on it.

she lied and she knew this child was probably NOT her husbands.  She then continued to defraud him for years. Enriquo should not have to pay 1 cent in support for this child.

The woman SHOULD BE REQUIRED to pay back ALL support she took from Enriquo.

AND, the woman should have to PAY HIM DAMAGES for the fraud she committed.

She should have to spend time in jail.

Women have been getting away with this since the beginning of time. We now have the technology to expose this racket, and that is what it is.

IF DNA TESTING IS GOOD ENOUGH TO RELIEVE MEN OF FALSE INCARCERATIONS FOR CRIMES OF MURDER AND RAPE, WITH DAMAGES, IT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO RELIEVE A MAN OF THE LIES AND FRAUD THAT A WOMAN HAS HEAPED UPON HIM.

ANY woman that commits this crime AGAINST THEIR OWN CHILD and AGAINST THE ALLEGED FATHER, should be punished for the fraudulent crime.

Anything less is purely a sexist result.

Where is the "equality" that Gloria Aldred has based her career upon? She cries out for the rights of the child - that is nonsense. Because the rights of the woman are folded in to such an argument.

The rights of the child should be considered only AFTER fair and equitable treatment is given to the adults.

My heart goes out to Selena and Enrique. Her mother took a gamble that no one would find out, and she did not think through the consequences of her lie. Had she stayed married, and Enrique and Selena had found out at a later date that they were not biologically father and daugther, they would both be devastated as well.

The mother is ultimately responsible for the pain that she has caused her daughter. When she decided to pretend that Selena was her then husband's child, she had no guarantees as to how he would react when he found out. For ten years she played with his emotions, and today she laughs as she says that he would not have the guts on his own to go and take a paternity test; basically calling him a sucker, because she has been able to get away with her lie so far.  No wonder Enrique was so enraged.

She has wronged Enrique and she has wronged Selena, and she needs to take responsibility for her actions.  Selena is her child, and SHE and Selena's biological father are ultimately responsible for Selena; financially and otherwise.

It is unfortunate that Enrique was so enraged when he found out, and that he chose to tell Selena in the way he did. But he is human. As an adult who cares for her, he could have a godfather or favorite-uncle type relationship with her; spending time with her, buying her Birthday, Christmas, and just-because presents, showing up for important events, etc. But he should have no legal responsibilities.

If the law permitted it, the mother should be made to pay back any child support that was paid to date. That would keep women from putting down the most "confenient" father on the birth certificate.

I am astounded to see that these little people are repeatedly let down, by big people responsible for them. If the mother had any doubt of the paternity of her child, she should have stepped up and got a paternity test  early on. Not only is the paying father victimized now, but an innocent little person. Make the mother pay the child support back and call it restitution.

I believe that on both side's people are wronged.  Whether it is a father who is accused falsely or a father who denies the child so he doesn't have to pay support.  It would be a smart order for all the world to have mandatory DNA testing on all children.  This way not only is the question taken out of the equation, the parties involved will know the truth, and the children will be able to follow their own genetic trail.  In some instance the mother may not know who the father is, but then she cannot falsely accuse another.

I think we have to be held accountable for our actions in life, and I feel that the mother should be ashamed to be so angry in the betrayal she has created, and to feel that part of this is funny.