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Tycoon sues his ex-wife after discovering children were not his - Times Online

jalam1001

August 31, 2009

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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6811203.ece

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Title	Tycoon sues his ex-wife after discovering children were not his - Times Online
Author	jalam1001
Upvotes	58
Comments	35
Date	August 31, 2009 11:02 PM UTC (16 years ago)
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I'm just saying that I'm not sure I agree it should be a felony charge (which it's not, in the real world).

If you find out that your child is not really yours "too late", and decide to get divorced over it, odds are you will be forced to pay child support anyway, since judges more often than not rule "in favor of the child", deciding that "paternity/parenting is more than just genetics".

If you refuse to pay, your life is pretty much over, both in the civil and criminal spheres.

So yeah, I think knowingly making a dishonest decision that can have that kind of impact over someone else's life – without them even getting to have a say on the matter – should be more than just a civil penalty.

And fucking another dude isn't illegal. There's a big difference between fucking another dude and knowing for a fact that your kids are his

A reasonable suspicion that the man she's primarily committed to may not be the father of the child she's carrying (i.e., she had sex with another man) should be enough.

This is not about "adultery" and it's intellectually dishonest to downplay it as such. It is about parental rights.

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Felony level fraud? I don't agree. Women and men shouldn't blame each other for being what they are. Both are the product of eons of evolution. As a crude generalization men cheat promiscuously and women cheat rarely but with the intent to bear children. Its messy; on balance the harm is perhaps roughly equal. Lets not be too judgmental on either side of the great the divide.

Having said that. It's also true that the human instinct for fairness demands redress in either situation. What that is would vary on a case by case basis but criminalizing natural human behaviour is not the answer.

Women should be solely responsible for pregnancy decisions but men should have equal choice under the law. ie if a woman wants to keep a child but if the man doesn't agree he should be absolved of any legal responsibility for the child under the law. Fair is fair.

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