Comments on: Texas Child Support Legislation Addresses “Duped Dads” Issue Following Divorce http://blog.totaldivorce.com/2007/03/27/texas-child-support-legislation-addresses-duped-dads-issue-following-divorce/ Divorce Lawyers Educating Consumers Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Leevor http://blog.totaldivorce.com/2007/03/27/texas-child-support-legislation-addresses-duped-dads-issue-following-divorce/#comment-11340 Leevor Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:40:35 +0000 http://blog.totaldivorce.com/index.php/2007/03/27/texas-child-support-legislation-addresses-duped-dads-issue-following-divorce/#comment-11340 I am very interested in what the state of Texas will do to allow biological fathers to ESTABLISH paternity of their own children when the "legally presumed father" is unavailable to deny paternity. I separated from my ex over 4 years ago, with my two children. He said he couldn't wait to get rid of us, then when he heard that I had a new relationship, he mounted a *vicious* custody assault, which he lost, largely due to not bothering to show up to the hearing. That was the last we ever heard of him. His two daughters have received no communication and certainly no support since before that final hearing. Now I have a new partner, and a new daughter. Imagien our distress when we learned that the deadbeat who doesn't even support his OWN biological children is now, according to TC law, the "presumed father" of our NEW baby! It's an atrocity! I've been told by everyone I can find that there is no way to submit DNA evidence to establish that my ex is NOT the father of my third daughter, and that even if I could fffort the $5k retainer to begin in-absentia divorce proceedings against him, it wouldn't matter, as she was born before the divorce. SOMEONE has GOT to change this INSANE law and allow ANYONE to challenge and establish paternity of ANY child at ANY time. We've also got to make it easier to divorce people who ABANDON their families intentionally for the express purpose of making it impossible to obtain a divorce. Is ANYONE working on legislation of this nature? I am very interested in what the state of Texas will do to allow biological fathers to ESTABLISH paternity of their own children when the “legally presumed father” is unavailable to deny paternity.

I separated from my ex over 4 years ago, with my two children.

He said he couldn’t wait to get rid of us, then when he heard that I had a new relationship, he mounted a *vicious* custody assault, which he lost, largely due to not bothering to show up to the hearing. That was the last we ever heard of him. His two daughters have received no communication and certainly no support since before that final hearing.

Now I have a new partner, and a new daughter. Imagien our distress when we learned that the deadbeat who doesn’t even support his OWN biological children is now, according to TC law, the “presumed father” of our NEW baby!

It’s an atrocity!

I’ve been told by everyone I can find that there is no way to submit DNA evidence to establish that my ex is NOT the father of my third daughter, and that even if I could fffort the $5k retainer to begin in-absentia divorce proceedings against him, it wouldn’t matter, as she was born before the divorce.

SOMEONE has GOT to change this INSANE law and allow ANYONE to challenge and establish paternity of ANY child at ANY time.

We’ve also got to make it easier to divorce people who ABANDON their families intentionally for the express purpose of making it impossible to obtain a divorce.

Is ANYONE working on legislation of this nature?

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