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October 29, 2007, 6:09 pm PDT
parent trap or dog and pony show
I watch faithfully from the day the show came on and I was really disappointed today. Firstly, I believe, unlike Gloria Allred, that this paternity trap is rampant throughout our country. It absolutely defies common sense that a man would be held legally responsible for supporting a child that is not biologically his. To use some sort of wishywashy law that says you have a certain period of time to question paternity or too bad is ridiculous. The issue of paternity is completely seperate from being a father. I would fight with the men to put a law on the books in all states that allows anyone to get a paternity test and be released from child support once it was determined he was not the father. In the case of fatherhood, that to me, is a different matter. Each circumstance is different, but I believe the man should have full rights to visit or continue to be a "father " in the life of the child if it is in the best interest of the child and father. This can be done without a legal requirement to pay child support. Next time-rethink Gloria Allred. She was unprepared and quite the opportunist. I resent that she came on to push her book .Imagine, turning this into a forum on fathers that don't pay child support- Dr. Phil-you were bought hook,line and sinker.
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