Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 12, 2007
California's Misguided Crusade Against Deadbeat Dads Casts Too Broad a Net
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The Golden State's courts have come to a surprising conclusion: You need not be a child's biological father to be responsible for child support.
By Jeffrey A. Lowe
Child support statutes are a legal world unto themselves," In re Marriage of Hall ( 2001), 81 Cal. App. 4th. 313. This statement is a reflection of the state of the law in California, where the state knowingly enforces child support obligations on men who are proven not to be the biological father.
When it can be proven that the state has wrongfully ...
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