SOWING THE WRONG SEEDS
Father Not Liable For Child Support After Sperm Mix-Up
A German father no longer has to pay child support for the son he bore with his ex-wife -- it turns out that a sperm mix-up means the child is not his.
One sperm sample presumably looks much like any other, and one can imagine it would be easy to mix them up. But a doctor's mistake performing artifical insemination means a German father is no longer responsible for supporting the boy he formerly thought of as his son.
The child was conceived using artificial insemination -- but the doctor apparently used sperm from the wrong man. A Munich court ruled Monday that the man no longer needs to pay child support now that he and the mother have divorced.
The man had cared for the boy, who is severely handicapped, for years before the mistake was discovered during a routine blood test.
Blood was taken from the boy and both parents to determine their respective blood groups, in case the son ever needed an emergency blood transfusion. The unexpected result was the revelation that the ex-husband was not the father of the child. Experts confirmed the finding.
"It's an unusual legal challenge," court spokeswoman Ingrid Kaps said.
The mother remains the sole guardian of the boy, and it will be difficult to ever find out who the true biological father of the child is.
The court spokeswoman explained that the unfortunate mother also had little chance of suing the doctor responsible for the mistake for damages. The mother would have to first prove that the doctor's mistake really was the reason that the ex-husband is not the father of the child.
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A German father no longer has to pay child support for the son he bore with his ex-wife -- it turns out that a sperm mix-up means the child is not his.
One sperm sample presumably looks much like any other, and one can imagine it would be easy to mix them up. But a doctor's mistake performing artifical insemination means a German father is no longer responsible for supporting the boy he formerly thought of as his son.
The child was conceived using artificial insemination -- but the doctor apparently used sperm from the wrong man. A Munich court ruled Monday that the man no longer needs to pay child support now that he and the mother have divorced.
The man had cared for the boy, who is severely handicapped, for years before the mistake was discovered during a routine blood test.
Blood was taken from the boy and both parents to determine their respective blood groups, in case the son ever needed an emergency blood transfusion. The unexpected result was the revelation that the ex-husband was not the father of the child. Experts confirmed the finding.
"It's an unusual legal challenge," court spokeswoman Ingrid Kaps said.
The mother remains the sole guardian of the boy, and it will be difficult to ever find out who the true biological father of the child is.
The court spokeswoman explained that the unfortunate mother also had little chance of suing the doctor responsible for the mistake for damages. The mother would have to first prove that the doctor's mistake really was the reason that the ex-husband is not the father of the child.
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It wouldn't work like that in an American court.
Many men have been forced to pay child support, even when physically proven to not be the father.0 -
Here in the good old USA the Courts still force men who are not the real fathers to pay child support.
Child Support Issues
Introduction
Child Support has degenerated into a system in which Child Support Agencies benefit by using fraudulent and corrupt tactics to extract money from innocent males. The current system is forcing males to pay child support for children they are not the biological father of, even if there is DNA evidence presented that proves the man in question is not the biological father. Females who refuse to pay child support are given impunity from the law system to a large degree, while males who fail to pay child support are punished severely, even if they do not have the financial resources to be able to make child support payments.
The Corruption Of Child Support Agencies
The reason why Child Support Agencies are producing corrupt and fraudulent rulings is because:
Child Support Agencies and the State Government profit from it financially.
Child Support Agencies are not legally required to offer any proof to substantiate their rulings.
The Child Support Agencies rarely investigate the accusations made by the mother, and any physical evidence, which conclusively proves the mother's accusation is fraudulent, is overlooked. In fact, if the man in question obtains a DNA test that proves he is not the biological father of the child he is accused of fathering, this evidence is considered irrelevant. If the father had a vasectomy that left him with a zero sperm count prior to the birth of the child, this evidence is considered irrelevant.
Child Support Agencies are permitted to hide such evidence so that it cannot be used in defense of the man accused of being the father. The Child Support Agencies will send the order of Child Support to an invalid address, as the man accused is therefore unable to respond to the claim during the allotted time he has to respond, as he is unaware of the claim made against him. In this situation he is therefore forced to pay otherwise he is placed in jail and cannot argue against the claim.
Statistics
Child Support - Statistics:
90% of Non-Custodial fathers Pay Child Support. (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
90% of Fathers With Joint Custody Pay Child Support. (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
Fathers With Visitation Rights Pay 79.1% (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
44.5% of Non-Custodial Fathers Still Financially Support Their Children. (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173)
66% of Fathers Not Paying Child Support Are Unable To Due To Lack of Financial Resources. (Source: GAO report: GAO/HRD-92-39 FS)
52% of Fathers Who Owe Child Support Earn Less Than $6,155 Per Year According To The Poverty Studies Institute.
47% of Non-Custodial Mothers Default on Child Support. (Source: Garansky and Meyer, DHHS Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, 1991)
27% of Non-Custodial Fathers Default Child Support. (Source: Garansky and Meyer, DHHS Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, 1991)
Total Custodial Mothers: 11,268,000. (Source: Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991)
Total Custodial Fathers: 2,907,000. (Source: Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991)
66% of Non-Custodial Fathers Do Not Pay Child Support Due To An Inability To Pay. (Source: U.S. General Accounting Office Report, GAO/HRD-92-39FS January 1992)
Custodial Mothers Who Receive a Support Award: 79.6% (Source: Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Income Security Policy, Oct. 1991, Authors: Meyer and Garansky)0 -
did anyone read the article about Latrel Sprewell the basketball player ? He pays $200,000 a month to one lady who he has 4 kids with and the lady also takes care of two other kids he had with another women. It was also reported he has 6 other kids with different women. 0 -
Lovely, another heart warming story of human compassion.[V] 0 -
Depends on the law. In some states, the husband IS the father of children borne by his wife during the marriage. Period. Me, acquired two youngsters by marrying their Mom. Adminstered oath of enlistment to one, walked the other down the aisle. Don't give a crap about DNA- those are MY kids. 0
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