Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

The only resposiblity this man has is to maintain his relationship with the girl who he has been a part of her life for many years.  Financially the mother should pay the father for fraud.  I cannot believe the court system allows for gold diggers to take money from unexpecting men who fall victom to this.  When a man does this to a woman he becomes a scam artist and is tracked down by the government.  Unbelievable comments from the "famous" attorney.  The black gentleman that spoke was spot on and I hope he can retrieve money he paid.  Great show.............

The Benschoters

People jump into bed with each other WAY too fast & then they believe they can be indignant & shocked when things like this happen.

If there is the slightest doubt who is the father, then there are paternity tests that can be run. 

Should it matter if the women might be insulted by a request for a paternity test?  No.  She has no right to be insulted because she sleeps around just as the man has no right to be angry to find out he is or isn't the father since obviously he sleeps around as well.

It's moronic enough to bed hop the way so many people do these days, but even moreso to blindly trust a person, man or woman, who is known to not be monogamous. 

If "Man A" sleeps with "Woman A" , married or not, & they become estranged for whatever reason & then "Woman A" sleeps with "Man B", then doesn't COMMON SENSE dictate that more than one man could be the father?  It does, but so many people seem to not have common sense. 

I heard "personal responsibility" thrown around too, but the definition of that term seems to be lost as well.

And the kids who are the result of these unions are the ones who are truly "paying" for this crap.  Nice job "adults". 

What I find disturbing is that no one is saying this mother committed fraud.  She accepted financial support for her child from a man that was not the father.  If they had not been married, she would have to pay him back.  Since when did a marriage certificate give you the right to lie and gain financially ?

Isn't it fraud to lie on an official document ?  Isn't a birth certificate an official document ?

I realize this is "about the child".  But if the child had been the mother's main concern when the child was conceived, everything would have been different.  I think the mother's irresponsibility should in NO way be rewarded here. 

Enrique should have the right to custody of the child he raised as his own- given the information he had - Dr. Phil says "do your best with what you know" right ?  .well he did, and now he knows more (the truth) ... and Maria should pay him child support for the daughter that she brought into this world on a lie and while cheating and breaking her marriage vows and then commiting a crime by lying on the birth certificate.

What are you talking about? You sound like a racist person... why are you saying that women from OTHER countries come here to have children with americans for the money?  That is sooo wrong...  I want to know where are you getting the information from...  I am not saying it doesn't happen at all but you can't say it is an epidemic... American women actually do that, why blame the rest of the world.  Please!  There are plenty of AMERICAN single moms with 2, 3, 4 children from different fathers collecting child support and living under government assistance. 

Every time is see that attorney "preachin" about yet ANOTHER issue, and being an authority on yet ANOTHER cause, I get the feeling that perhaps her true calling was to be on TV.

Wait until one of her sons is falsely accused of fathering a child and then has to pay child support for years.  Will she feel the same way then? 

As women, we have a RESPONSIBILITY to teach our children about truth and that starts with being truthful about paternity no matter how it impacts our ( we, the mother's) life.  If you tell the truth from day one, at least the child knows who his/her father is from day one!    At least, that's one thing they don't have to think about and worry about their whole lifes.  No matter how that father treats them, whether he accepts them wholeheartedly or whether he totaaly neglects them, they have a right to know who he truley is.  And, the man has a right to NOT have his life turned upside down 10-15 years later when the child comes knocking on the door.

I don't care how long a man has supported the child, I don't think he should have to pay the support.  He should have the option of making voluntary  care payments if he so chooses.  But find the real dad, and sue him.  and, I then the mom should have to pay back that money.

Ladies, is it so hard to not have so many sexual partners that you don't know who the father of your child is?