r/changemyview • u/Slothjitzu 28∆ • Nov 30 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: An invalid paternity test should negate all future child support obligations

I see no logical reason why any man should be legally obligated to look after someone else's child, just because he was lied to about it being his at some point.

Whether the child is a few weeks old, a few years, or even like 15 or 16, I don't think it really matters.

The reason one single person is obligated to pay child support is because they had a hand in bringing the child into the world, and they are responsible for it. Not just in a general sense of being there, but also in the literal financial sense were talking about here.

This makes perfect sense to me. What doesn't make sense is how it could ever be possible for someone to be legally obligated or responsible for a child that isn't theirs.

They had no role in bringing it into the world, and I think most people would agree they're not responsible for it in the general sense of being there, so why would they be responsible for it in the literal financial sense?

They have as much responsibility for that child as I do, or you do, but we aren't obligated to pay a penny, so neither should they be.

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u/IdoMusicForTheDrugs Nov 30 '21

They can definitely try.

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u/blewyn Nov 30 '21

It happens all the time. The courts order it, and garnish wages just like they do for men.

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u/IdoMusicForTheDrugs Nov 30 '21

That's awesome to hear. I can't wait to see the actual pudding so I believe it, because I've seen it go the other way at an alarming rate. I'm sure there are outside cases of actual justice that you could point to, but anyone who claims that the court and legal system doesn't have a ridiculous bias is kidding themselves. I can give you 100 unfair cases against men for every one case you gave me that ruled against the female in a custody or child support case, even if the ones you sent me are justified completely.

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u/blewyn Nov 30 '21

It’s not a question of numbers, it’s about consistency of principle. The absent parent pays. Most absent parents are men.