Dad wasn't dad after all, but still owes child support

[nimbus]

My point is, that you can't say that the amount of money they are asking the dad to pay is going to make the difference between being homeless and being a happy go lucky kid without knowing more - but you seem to have made the amazing leap that Money from Random Man = Happy Child.


It does not.

i haven't found the study yet but it showed the poverty has a negative effect on emotional well being.

but regardless, don't you agree that a child will have a better life if he is able to go to college?

 

[nimbus]

He's not 'RANDOM' but he is not the father. I don't know of any legal precident in any other area of law - where you becoming financially liable because you helped someone one time.

So... if I help an old lady cross the street, get to know her... take her mail and paper to her every day, check in on her - you know because she's my neighbor. But then one day I have to move away for my job - do I have a financial burden to replace those services I had once volunteered?

Like hire a fucking god damn'd nurse for her?

Fuck that noise...

That type of policy / thinking is going to destroy good semaritans / step-fathers.

marriage is legally binding; helping an old lady cross the street isnt.

 

[nimbus]

Can I please have some money nimbus? It would make me happy and better my life.

not until your mom shows me the paternity test results. i knew i should've worn a condom

 

[jh1]

i haven't found the study yet but it showed the poverty has a negative effect on emotional well being.

but regardless, don't you agree that a child will have a better life if he is able to go to college?

Wait. So you're saying this child would be in poverty without the random man's money? I saw nothing that supported that in the article. I have NO IDEA how much money this woman has and / or is capable of earning.

College doesn't necessarily make ones life happier, but I'll agree with the general idea of being edjucated can make one happier ... but...

Again... there is nothing saying the child won't go to college without random man's money. And, regardless - it's not his check to pick up.

 

[Smurfy]

marriage is legally binding; helping an old lady cross the street isnt.

agreed. but isnt infidelity a breach of the legal contract?

 

[jh1]

marriage is legally binding; helping an old lady cross the street isnt.

marriage legally binds you to the indivdual you married; not the children she may bare with random men she fucks on the side....


Where the fuck are you getting your rational from?

 

[nimbus]

Wait. So you're saying this child would be in poverty without the random man's money? I saw nothing that supported that in the article. I have NO IDEA how much money this woman has and / or is capable of earning.

College doesn't necessarily make ones life happier, but I'll agree with the general idea of being edjucated can make one happier ... but...

Again... there is nothing saying the child won't go to college without random man's money. And, regardless - it's not his check to pick up.

the specifics of this case aren't terribly important, you have to think of the big picture of all the different scenarios the law could be applied to

 

[puddlemonkey]

agreed. but isnt infidelity a breach of the legal contract?

I love you

 

[puddlemonkey]

not until your mom shows me the paternity test results. i knew i should've worn a condom

But not so much you right now

 

[nimbus]

agreed. but isnt infidelity a breach of the legal contract?

it doesn't break a legal guardian contract. i should've said that instead of marriage