S: Judicial System

[IntegraTypeR]

After moaning and groaning after seeing how much I have left over from my paycheck I guess I don't have as much to groan about after hearing bout this case...

This guy had sex w/a girl. The girl has ended up having a kid. She told him that the kid was his so he paid child support. The guy is 18. He pays 27% of his GROSS SALARY (before taxes) for child support. About five years later (w/the guy still paying child support) he hears some rumors about the kid not being his. He then demands a blood test and the blood test reveals that he is not the father. Since is not the father he goes to court to try to repeal the child support. The court goes all the way to the Massachusetts Supreme Court (the highest court it can go to). The court ruled that the guy needs to continue paying child support until the child is 18 yrs old even though the child is not his. They said that the time he shoudl have appealed the child support was when it was first given.

I feel really sorry for the guy .. judicial system is f***ed up !!

[for20]

Is beating the shit out of the real father till he pays up an option?

[TheLoneGunman]

Another example of the courts screwing up on money:

Congress mandated that criminal defendants have to pay a $50 fee for every count they are convicted on. This is supposed to cover court fees. Now, on average, it costs about $500 to collect and processes each of these $50 fees. Therefore, they are LOSING $450 per count by imposing this fee!

Please explain the logic here.

[for20]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
Another example of the courts screwing up on money:

Congress mandated that criminal defendants have to pay a $50 fee for every count they are convicted on. This is supposed to cover court fees. Now, on average, it costs about $500 to collect and processes each of these $50 fees. Therefore, they are LOSING $450 per count by imposing this fee!

Please explain the logic here.

Please, as soon as u mentioned courts any semblance of logic went flying out the window

[m0j0]

on the initial problem...i am wondering who this guy's lawyer was to receive the assessment? i mean, if he was supposed to say something as to doubt the paternity, then shouldn't his lawyer have said something?

[renots]

...and yet we seem to treat them as a cure-all for all of society's "problems"

Doesn't get any cheaper the longer it goes on

Like what U R gettin' 4 the money?

[OC]

Originally posted by IntegraTypeR
The court ruled that the guy needs to continue paying child support until the child is 18 yrs old even though the child is not his.

The situation is much the same here in Washington State. Here, if a guy is in a relationship with a single mom and he develops any kind of bond with the kid, then breaks up with the mom, she can go to court and get child support from the poor guy. This is pretty common here, and why I'll never date a single mother. I like kids a lot, but there's no way in hell I'm paying child support for a kid that's not mine.

-OC

[Edited by overclocked on 06-05-2001 at 11:30 AM]

[ufcrusher]

Well there is a presumption in the law that a child born to a married woman is that of her husband and in most jurisdictions it is almost impossible to defeat. It becomes even more difficult in situations where the father has been paying child support, once he starts paying support it is an acknowlegement of the child as his, and that starts a supposed life bond. One of the reasons they wont allow him to stop paying is for fear that it would emotionally and physically harm the child. Kinda dumb if you ask me, but its one of those public policy moves. If a man suspected his wife of infidelity and wanted to dispute every child it would be detrimental to the child and put a strain on government resources. As a result, they follow that presumption. There are even cases where the childs real father attempts to prove paternity and get visitation rights, but the court wont allow it, even after the paternity is proven.

As for the laws in washington, I havent a clue, but then again anything is possible.

Gotta love the law