While perusing Yahoo News in the U.S. section today I couldn't help but
notice the headline "Paper: Man forced to support someone else's child." More problems in the child support enforcement industry. Overzealous system focuses on collections and revenue generation for the state rather than what is right. (Orig. Article: Yahoo News! December 6, 2008)
"HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Philadelphia man was forced to pay more than $12,000 in child support for another man's daughter and spent two years in jail for falling behind on payments."
"He served four six-month jail terms for not keeping up with support
payments between 2001 and 2005, then lost his job. Petitions he filed
for DNA testing were opposed by the court's domestic relations officials and denied by the judge."
This is another fine example of how the system currently encourages "Paternity Fraud" because it is not common practice to require repayment of child support payments that are being received as a result of fraud, deceit, or mistaken identity. By enacting laws that require repayment of monies received, it will naturally reduce the number of paternity fraud cases and protect actual parents and their parental-rights, especially when a parent names another person knowing they are not the real payment.
