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    Exclamation My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    My question involves child support in the State of: Wisconsin


    This One is going to stump all you....

    Ok Here I go...

    I am 23 years old, my father that I thought was my father for 23 years, We both Father and I, Have reason to believe that he is not my biological father, in fact I know who my real father is and my real father knows hes my father too... But My father of 23 years signed my birth Certificate, thinking I was his for many years after.. My mother collected Welfare through the state years ago, and now my dad has to pay back child support, even tho we know he is not my father??? How do I go about having my real father paying this back child support? My aunt talked to a guy in Madison, and he told her that there is a way, and that not only would my biological father have to pay back child support for the couple of years my mom collected child support, but he would also have to pay all 18 years of my life... but we are stumped on how to go about this... my father has a warrant out. for back child support... On me.... Not only that He just got done sitting in prison for his other daughters child support... plus labeled as a felon.. and is on probation for 4 years... just for her.. He is my father and always will be, but he should not be punished for something he actually is not responsible for... Not only is this SICK.. But it has me one feeling and knowing I was a mistake, and I feel as tho I'm responsible for this... My Biological father Knew from the day I was born that he was my father, but never stood up and said anything and or took responsibility, and now the man that signed my birth certificate and the man I thought was my father all these years is going to go to prison???? I need help.. I know u are going to tell me to contact a family lawyer... I already was told this from the guy in Madison... But I need to know who... what... when.... where??? and if anyone here knows of anything like this and what the outcome of it was.... Please help... Before he gets sent to prison...

    I have allot of respect for him, probably more that his real son and daughters, I'm currently taking care of him, because I know that he took care of me all these years... I'm emotionally damaged, I'm loosing my hair because of this stress... He is already paying child support for his real daughter and has gone to prison for a year, I could not live with myself if it were to happen to him again because of me... Someone please help....

    And if there is nothing that I can do... Can I still get DNA done and when he is proven as my bio father can I sue him.. because of emotional abuse.. depression.. for all these years... I called him one day asking for help and he told me to grow up and get a job... Well guess what I have a job, and I'm all grown up... and he will soon... realize the pain he has put me through.... Please help any kind of info would help.....

    I have no idea who to contact lawyer wise and if I do contact them and tell them my story how much will it cost me to talk with them....

    Thanks

    Angie

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    Default Re: My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    The simple answer is No.

    The man on your birth certificate is your legal father - biology doesn't matter at this point, and the court will not order a DNA paternity test.

    Hence he - and only he - is responsible to repay the State.


    (The guy in Madison was grossly mistaken or misinformed, by the way)

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    Don't forget that your mother ALSO had to have known, or at least strongly suspected, that the man who signed your birth certificate wasn't your father. The time for your legal father to have challenged paternity was (a) BEFORE signing the birth certificate, or (b) later, when the child support issue was working it's way through the courts. Since he didn't, and since the biological didn't step up to attempt to establish paternity, AND mom didn't either, he is and will remain your legal father, responsible for the child support that the state placed on him, based on his assertion of being your father.

    As Doggie noted, at this point, even if your biological father willingly submits to DNA testing (since no, the court won't order it), even a positive DNA result won't change anything at this late point in the game.

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    Default Re: My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    I did forget one part.

    There is - even if a home DNA test proves another guy to be the biological father - absolutely NO recourse against him, for whatever emotional grievance OP believes has transpired.

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    Default Re: My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    Thanks.

    Looks Like I will have to make a phone call and find out how much it is that he owes, and pay it myself, because I have been the one hurt in this situation. Pathetic useless fathers, are allowed to belittle there children, and someone else gets put down for it. I will not allow my father to go to prison because my Bio Father cant stand up and be a man.. I'm 23 years old I will pay the state back myself.. But I will still get blood test done and will sue him for whatever it is I can. There has to be something that I can do.. Its not right...

    Also let me add to my story, not only did this happen, but when I was 6 years old, My aunt took kinship care for me, my non bio dads sister, and she was giving money from the state each month to support me... I just don't understand, I was in foster care, all thru my life, and I cant prove this man is my father, and then sue him for something??? just don't make sense... DNA testing is proof, Fact. The Bio father should be responsible for, bringing a human being into this world, and if he cant do so, he shall be punished... and my Bio father knew all along he was my father and never fought for DNA and or custody, just don't make sense nor is it fair.

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    Default Re: My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    Quote Quoting angievanh12
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    Thanks.

    Looks Like I will have to make a phone call and find out how much it is that he owes, and pay it myself, because I have been the one hurt in this situation. Pathetic useless fathers, are allowed to belittle there children, and someone else gets put down for it. I will not allow my father to go to prison because my Bio Father cant stand up and be a man.. I'm 23 years old I will pay the state back myself..

    That's your choice.


    But I will still get blood test done and will sue him for whatever it is I can. There has to be something that I can do.. Its not right...
    You can't sue him for anything at all. Period. Ever. Even if.

    And you cannot get the court to order him to comply with a DNA test.



    Also let me add to my story, not only did this happen, but when I was 6 years old, My aunt took kinship care for me, my non bio dads sister, and she was giving money from the state each month to support me... I just don't understand, I was in foster care, all thru my life, and I cant prove this man is my father, and then sue him for something??? just don't make sense... DNA testing is proof, Fact. The Bio father should be responsible for, bringing a human being into this world, and if he cant do so, he shall be punished... and my Bio father knew all along he was my father and never fought for DNA and or custody, just don't make sense nor is it fair.

    The legal reality is that biology - once again - doesn't matter.

    And the court will absolutely not order this man to take a DNA test.

    And even if you get a home test, there's absolutely nothing you can sue for.

    (Another thought - if there has been no DNA test, how on earth can you say that he knew all along that he was your father? Or that he IS your father, in fact?)

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    Default Re: My Father That Signed Birth Certificate is Not My Real Father

    The Bio father should be responsible for, bringing a human being into this world, and if he cant do so, he shall be punished... and my Bio father knew all along he was my father and never fought for DNA and or custody, just don't make sense nor is it fair.
    Yep, mom should have married him, THEN had kids with him, and the right man would have been your father without any NEED for testing or custody. But alas, that's all water under the bridge. Since that's not what happened, and since NEITHER parent later decided to do the right thing, this is the kind of mess that results. We can play "should" all day long. But when the story starts out with a whole string of people NOT doing what they "should", it's not likely to END that way either. The bottom line is that you HAVE a legal father, who willfully placed himself in that position, without benefit of proof, and now he's going to be stuck as that legal father. Biology is meaningless at this stage of the game.

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