Kids Damaged by Paternity Fraud
It is no suprise that our families and children are being harmed by paternity fraud. Take this into consideration... A Woman's Day poll shows that 50%+ of the respondants would willfully lie about paternity in order to secure child support. Women who named potential fathers in the US result (via DNA Tests) in over 30% of these men not being the real dad.. was found to not be the father of the child. But the state in their infinite wisdom insists that there is no recourse for the victims of paternity fraud. If you (or your son, brother, husband) is administratively assigned to be "the dad" then they will pay... forever. The very real damage this inflicts on the deceived children, the misnamed men, their families and marriages is preventable.
And it seems that there is no help in sight. Pleading to Legislatures to put truth and justice into the system falls on deaf ears. Federal funds are distributed to States for every child support case they process and manage. As long as they can name anyone and make them pay the State government gets the benefit of Federal largess. There arn't support groups, financial assistance, counseling, or any other help available to the families who are paying for children they had no part in bringing in to this world. "But what about these children?" is a common rebuke we hear. Well, let's look at it? Because their mother made the decision to lie about who the real dad is these children are endangered by the hiding of their family medical history. They are emotionally damaged due to the lie their mother constructed for them to live. This cannot be fixed by simply stealing money for them. Only the real truth, honestly faced can.
The only person benefiting from this fraud are these mothers that either chose to lie, or simply doesn't know, who the real dad is. This is not in the childs best interest. The States think that by forcing these men to pay child support they are also enforcing the already established father/ child relationships. We've looked at many cases and in most of them there has never been any contact with the children, the mother has prevented contact, or there is a large geographic seperation between them. In some cases this may be the man's choice. There are many thousands of cases where the only objective of these mothers is to get money. They do not believe that having a father in their child’s life is important and even if they do they are ignoring the real father of the child. Children are inflicted with damage that will never heal when they discover that the person their mother told them was their father isn't. And also they suffer the stress of wondering who their real dad is and who is in their real family. All due to their mother either lying, or simply not knowing who her childrens father is.
Looking at the real children of this same man.... They have to live with a father who is stressed out, financially burdened and demoralized by an unfair justice system. The entire lives of these children will be affected by financial and emotional suffering. These children live with their real parents in many cases and are see firsthand the hardship and stress that their parents suffer due to paternity fraud. These hardships should not have to be endured by them. They see that by lying and committing fraud they can benefit. What message is being received by our kids because of this? It is not in their best interest to allow paternity fraud.
We need to stop the injustice harming our children. We need to get off our duffs and let our State Representatives and Senators know that Missouri's promulgation of paternity fraud by government authority must change. The time to end paternity fraud in Missouri is now. Our children cannot afford less.