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Re: Family values?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:15:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> James Simpson at jsimpson@rice.edu wrote:
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> > In cases involving a minor's well-being, not just the letter but the spirit of
> > the law must be weighed. Fraud or no, if the functioning father has
> > demonstrated a commitment of care, love, involvement, etc. to his
> > non-biological
> > child, then he is a Filthy Wretch if by cutting the purse-strings he causes
> > some
> > amount of harm to the child's wellfare.
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> While I agree that he is a low down goodfernuthin if he just ditches the kid
> that he was taking responsibility for up to X point, I don't agree that it
> makes him legally responisble for someone else's kid... especially if he was
> duped into thinking it was his own.
Again, the spirit of the law versus the mere letter. Were we discussing his
obligation to his wife's bad credit in some wierd scenario of marriage under
false pretenses, for example, then she's up the proverbial creek without a
paddle. But if a child's well-being is involved, then the functioning father's
rights must be measured by the necessities of a child.
james
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| (...) So someone's money should be stolen from them for up to 18 years because of another's (and THEIR PARTNER'S) deception. Nice world you live in - take everyone else's money, whether they need it or not. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) While I agree that he is a low down goodfernuthin if he just ditches the kid that he was taking responsibility for up to X point, I don't agree that it makes him legally responisble for someone else's kid... especially if he was duped into (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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