Posted on 07/24/2017 4:18:53 AM PDT by servo1969
In 2003, a child support court in Texas ruled that Gabriel Cornejo, 45, had to pay child support to his ex-girlfriend who had recently given birth because she vowed that there was no way he wasn’t the rightful dad.
Cornejo, who is currently raising three children of his own and two nephews, claimed that he was not made aware of this and only found out about the child support payments last year when a deputy served him court papers claiming that the state of Texas lists him as having another child. He soon met the minor for the first and only time – describing her as a “wonderful girl” – but after taking a DNA test, learned she was not his after all.
Only Cornejo’s ex-girlfriend and the state still want the $65,000 in back payments.
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Texas’ family code, chapter 161, states that even if one is not the biological father, they still owe support payments that accrued before the paternity test proves otherwise. In Cornejo’s case, that amounts to some $65,000.
His ex-girlfriend’s attorney, Carel Stith, claimed that money was taken out of Cornejo's paycheck several years ago and he didn’t contest it, and that in itself can satisfy a court argument that he should have handled the matter long ago.
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Maybe men should limit sex to marriage.
Then construct your sentences better. Go back and read what you write not what you thought
I said nothing about sharia
IF you hate the law work to change it
Well there is always that option but something tells me that’s just not going to happen...ever
No, guess you missed the point. The law says that until the paternity test, he's liable. He didn't know he wasn't the father until the test--which happened AFTER he was $65k behind in payments. So he's going to pay for his ignorance and the sex whether he got her pregnant or not. Is that literate enough?
And he didn't know he was accused. As soon as the test proved she was a liar, he should have been on his way.
See, if the courts didn't suck, it should take more than just "she said" to hang a guy out for 65 large.
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