Is Paternity Fraud The Perfect Crime?
June 1, 2005 by Tony Zizza You know the absolute destruction of “right and wrong” is complete when the global problem of paternity fraud appears to be just a matter of judicial bias and fodder for escapist television shows like Desperate Housewives. So, what is paternity fraud? Paternity fraud occurs when a mother goes, to borrow a phrase from Carnell Smith, Director of Citizens Against Paternity Fraud, “man shopping.” That is, a mother purposefully lies about who her child’s biological father is. And what’s the pupose of this? The mother receives/maintains a higher child support award than the real father can provide. If an innocent child is lied to concerning a fundamental thing like who their biological father is, what are the medical and emotional consequences that child must face? If a man is lied to about being a child’s biological father, what are the financial and emotional consequences he must deal with? Heartache and abject misery abound when mothers make the choice to commit
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