This is A GOOD THING.
Dads 'by default' hail new law
By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published October 5, 2004
Bert Riddick plans to go to a California court this year to try, once again, to escape a child-support order for a girl he has never met and says he has proof he didn't father.
This time, the law likely will back him up.
Last week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill to allow men to challenge the paternity of children for whom they owe support.
"I don't feel there's any way for the system to fight it anymore," said Mr. Riddick of Carson, Calif., who has been protesting his child-support order for more than a decade.
The new law, sponsored by California Assembly member Hannah-Beth Jackson, a Democrat, was cheered by opponents of "paternity fraud."
A friend of mine got caught up in this kind of mess.
It's nasty.
Score one for the men.