1 in 5 Child Support Claims are fraudulent
Single moms are purposely naming the wrong person as the daddy of their kids when making financial claims for child support.
Others had so many sexual partners that they are uncertain exactly which one is the daddy, meaning they coincidentally give CSA officers the inaccurate identity. Child support Agency figures show that almost one in 5 of the contested paternity claims it handled last year cleared the person originally named as the daddy.
It’s a criminal offence to make a fake statement or representation and to provide fake documents or info. But, according to the CSA, there hasn’t been a single prosecution of a mum for making a fake claim. It is the highest proportion since the agency started assembling figures nationally. ‘This is an intensely troubling trend and one where correct action should be taken,’ announced Tory work and pensions speaker Chris Grayling. Under CSA rules, a person has to pay maintenance as fast as he is named the kid’s father. He will be able to challenge the ruling by asking for a DNA test, but must pay for it himself. The pricetag, typically £257, is reimbursed by taxpayers if the paternity claim is located to be incorrect, but there’s no comeback on the ma for making a fake claim. The DNA tests involve taking a blood sample or swab of cells from within the cheek. Research by the Tories has demonstrated that of the more than 6,200 absent folks living abroad, only a quarter pay any child assistance and five thousand owe a total of more than £26million.
The soon-to-be ditched CSA is more expensive than £500million a year to run and has a buildup of 121,000 cases. More than one in 3 absent pops fails to pay any upkeep, leaving £3.8billion excellent, of which £2.2billion is ‘probably uncollectable’. The agency is lined up to be replaced by the Child Upkeep and Enforcement Commission by 2013.
A Dep. for Work and Pensions spokesperson said : ‘We have a fair and tough system in place to make sure that where paternity is disputed a DNA test can be brought to create the daddy of a kid. ‘Of the total caseload handled by the CSA in 2007-2008 only 1 % led to a DNA test and the argument was upheld in less than 0.2 percent of cases.
‘The CSA will consider each case on its own merits before making a call to take criminal events against an individual. In each case there would have to be decisive proof to prove in court the girl intentionally named the wrong person as the daddy. ‘The agency would also think about the effect on the well being of the kid of a call to prosecute. ‘.
Changing name after marriage
I posted a interesting story about a emasculated colleague of mine who changed his name to include his wifes name, essentially ending up with a double barrel name.
Now I got to admit he works extremely hard and is often away from home, maybe 3-4 times a month. And of course, being a woman that wants everything.. he needs to earn more money and be at home to help with the baby. A child that is not his, she was pregnant by another man when she married him! He had knight in shining armour syndrome.
Anyway… after less that two years.. he’s been kicked out (no doubt of the home he bought) and is getting a divorce.
Now… what is he going to do with his extra surname? I guess the reason she wanted to keep hers is because she is always getting married and subsequently divorced…. Oh dear…. I guess he should of headed those warning signs.
We Regretfully Invite You…
This picture of a wedding invitation dropped in my mailbox today…. I guess his parents don’t approve.
Tricking men for a meal ticket
My gripe is about females that trick men into parenthood and have children by as many possible men. As these women go on their merry way producing more offspring for the welfare state to support, do they give a thought about anybody’s feelings but there own? Did the man concerned want children with them? They my have been fine for a casual thing, but as the mother of his children, perhaps not! I know.. I know… you was on the pill and forgot to take it… yeah right.. If I had a penny for every time that excuse has been used I’d be a rich man
These despicable women seem to look no further than the next benefit cheque or CSA payment. Their children’s education goes to pot when they decide to chase the next man. Isn’t it time we stopped paying these women to continue the moral and social decline of our countries?
The professional baby mommas who getting pregnant to ensnare a man with money, or to keep a roof over their head. These women are leeches on the men they sleep with and the society that they bankrupt. They need to get of their fat back-sides and stop expecting other people to pay their way in life.
Before you trap some poor man who obviously would never pick you to bear his children, think of the quality of life the child will have coming from a broken family you selfish being.
And guys… lower your standards.. that bird with 3 different kids from different baby fathers is probably good in bed, but do you really want her to have your child?
Nevada Senators to combat paternity fraud!
This is the most twisted and one-sided use of the law I have ever seen. Are these guys blind or what!
A panel of Nevada senators grappled Friday with two bills to change family law in Nevada – one to ensure family members of a divorcing couple can attend divorce hearings, and another to fight paternity fraud.
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The committee also heard testimony on AB117, which would create the misdemeanor crime of “paternity fraud,” typically where a man sends a friend or other impostor to take a required DNA test to determine who the father of a child is. Test-evading fathers and their impostor assistants can’t be charged under current law, although they can be held in contempt of court.
“We look forward to the day when we can post very visible signs that warn would-be impostors and those who would recruit them that the fraud they intend to commit is not only morally reprehensible but can land them in jail,” said Ed Ewert, a Clark County deputy district attorney who works in family law.
Ewert estimated the impostor cases make up only 1 to 2 percent of DNA testing cases. But a man who gets away with it can escape paying tens of thousands of dollars over a child’s lifetime, he said.
The crime would carry a penalty of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Ewert suggested lawmakers amend the bill to make the crime a gross misdemeanor, which would double the allowable fines and jail terms.
Judiciary Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said the committee might consider even stiffer penalties.
“If you’re trying to defraud someone out of $6,000 a year for about 20 years, that would be felony range if I stole it,” said Amodei.
No one spoke in opposition to either bill on Friday. The Assembly voted unanimously in favor of both bills last week.
Are they crazy, no mention of the poor guys who end up out of pocket for 20 years because they are told the children are theirs. What about locking up the woman?
Woman loses final embryo appeal
A woman left infertile after cancer therapy has lost her fight to use embryos fertilised by an ex-partner.Natallie Evans, from Trowbridge, Wilts, and Howard Johnston began IVF treatment in 2001 but he withdrew consent for the embryos to be used after they split up.
She turned to the European courts after exhausting the UK legal process.
Ms Evans, 35, said she was “distraught” after the Grand Chamber of the European Court ruling, but Mr Johnston said “common sense had prevailed.”
Source BBC
I agree, common sense in the courts at last…
Though not everyone would think so….
In giving Howard Evans the right to change his mind after the point of conception the courts have afforded him rights not available to most men. How is that just?
This decision is wrong, wrong,wrong!Gemma, Leighton Buzzard
Can you believe this crap. This heffer is complaining that this man has given as much rights as a woman.. How disgraceful!!!
Duped Dad wins £22,000
A Stockbroker who sued his former girlfriend who wrongly claimed he was the father of her son won £22.4k. He has originally sued her for £100k after finding out the child was not his when the boy was 5 after having a DNA test.
Although this is a step in the right direction, the judge still dismissed his claims of £37,000 that he had paid out for nursery fees.
The mother still claims that she had no reason to believe the child was not is, and had not deliberately duped the dad. The judge concluded that it would be impossible to accept this woman as a witness of truth.
Well ain’t that the truth.
While this is definitely progress, being the 1st case of its kind. It still does not fully compensate the duped dad enough since he was deemed to have got ‘great enjoyment’ from his relationship with the child.
Lock the heffer up I say!
Growth of paternity tests sires tricky societal issues
Growth of paternity tests sires tricky societal issues | Chicago Tribune
Growth of paternity tests sires tricky societal issuesBy Kathryn Masterson
Special to the Tribune
Published March 18, 2007Paul Simpson had reason to suspect that he wasn’t going to like the results even before he took a paternity test. Another man, whom Simpson had become friendly with, had confessed to him that he, not Simpson, was the father of the two children born during Simpson’s marriage.
Still, Simpson said he hoped that at least one of the children, who were both under the age of 2, would turn out to be his biological child. The professionally administered DNA test showed neither was.
“It’s hard to describe how bad I felt,” said Simpson, 25, who is now divorced from the children’s mother. He was angry, then severely depressed. But he did not regret taking the test. “I had to know if they were mine–I had to.”DNA tests to prove parentage are becoming more common and easily accessible. You can order a do-it-yourself kit online for about $200, though those tests aren’t admissible in court, or pay $500 for one involving professional sample collections.
Interesting article on the Chicago Tribune, about paternity fraud and another duped dad!
Lawyers urge ‘no fault’ divorces
Lawyers urge ‘no fault’ divorces
A couple getting married
The present divorce system breeds acrimony, some lawyers say
The family law system needs a radical overhaul to include “no fault” divorces, a lawyers’ group has said.Resolution, which represents about 5,000 family lawyers, says the present system creates a “blame culture”.
Group chairman Jane McCulloch said it was wrong that “unreasonable behaviour” or adultery had to be proved to obtain an immediate divorce.
There were 141,750 divorces in England and Wales in 2005, 10,940 in Scotland and 2,362 in Northern Ireland.
Ms McCulloch was speaking at the national conference of Resolution, formerly known as the Solicitors Family Law Association, in Manchester.
Divorce graph
She said: “Under current law, anyone wanting an immediate divorce has to prove ‘unreasonable behaviour’ or adultery on the part of their husband or wife.
“This ‘blame culture’ of unreasonable behaviour introduces a degree of discord and unpleasantness into divorce proceedings from their very inception.”
She said Resolution supported provisions in the 1996 Family Law Act for “no-fault” divorces, which were later shelved.
Pre-nuptial agreements
“If the government is serious about promoting amicable settlements through mediation and streamlined courts, it should commit to undertaking a thorough review of family law to deal with these issues,” she said.
Such a review could bring family law up to date by addressing issues such as the rights of couples who live together and the position of pre-nuptial agreements, she added.
Last year Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wall called for an end to fault-based divorces to help prevent acrimonious break-ups.
He said he wanted a new system which put the needs of children and financial provision at the heart of the divorce process.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6437799.stm
Are they off their rockers!!! This is another case of these greedy lawyers making it easier for your wife to kick you out on a whim… and keep your kids and house.
Scary Spice strips a stripper at her baby shower bash!
Scary Spice strips a stripper at her baby shower bash!
London, Mar 17: Singer Mel B a.k.a Scary Spice was reportedly seen helping a stripper get his trouser off at her lavish baby bash, where she treated guests with a cake shaped liked a baby bump covered with an ‘edible leopard design cloth’.
The former Spice Girl threw her party at a function room in Beverly Hills Hotel.
The English pop singer, who claimed to be pregnant with actor Eddie Murphy’s child, also guzzled champagne and coped with the steps of the performer.
Meanwhile, Murphy has asked Scary Spice to prove her claim through a paternity test.
The comedian’s current girlfriend Tracey Edmonds maintained that the two were in a brief liaison before she started dating Murphy, and that the issue has to be sorted between the two.
“They had a quick relationship before I got together with Eddie. So that’s their business,” The Sun quoted Edmonds, as saying.
Edmonds added that if Murphy turns out to be the father, he would have to take responsibility of the baby.”There’ll be a paternity test and if it’s his then he’ll be responsible,” she added.
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