It is no suprise that our families and children are being harmed by paternity fraud.  Consider this...  In a Woman's Day Poll over 50% of women surveyed stated that they would willfully lie about who the father of their children is in order to collect child support.  DNA tests performed against men named by the mothers show that 30% of them are totally innocent.. was found to not be the father of the child.  But the State has decided that they want the victims of paternity fraud to have no recourse.    That if you, your husband, your son, your father is named as "the dad" then they will pay... forever.  The very real damage this inflicts on the deceived children, the misnamed men, their families and marriages is preventable.

And it seems that there is nowhere to turn.  Complaining to State agencies to affect change is like talking to a post.  Federal funds are distributed to States for every child support case they process and manage.  As long as they can name anyone and make them pay the State government gets the benefit of Federal largess.  There arn't support groups, financial assistance, counseling, or any other help available to the families who are paying for children they had no part in bringing in to this world.  "But what about these children?" is a common rebuke we hear.  Well, let's look at it?  since these childrens mothers either have no idea who fathered them, or they have decided to lie about it, they will never know their true family medical history.  They are scarred emotionally because they have been living the lie their mother created.    No amount of money collected in their behalf can fix this.  Only full honesty and truth can.

This fraud only benefits a mother who doesn't know which man is the real dad, and/or chooses to lie about it.  This is not in the best interest of our children.    The States think that by forcing these men to pay child support they are also enforcing the already established father/ child relationships.  We've looked at many cases and in most of them there has never been any contact with the children, the mother has prevented contact, or there is a large geographic seperation between them.    Sometimes this is the man’s choice.  There are many thousands of cases where the only objective of these mothers is to get money. They do not believe that having a father in their child’s life is important and even if they do they are ignoring the real father of the child.  When these children learn that the man they thought was their father, isn't... a wound that can never heal is inflicted upon them.  The stress of not knowing who, and where, their real father is causes further damage.  All since their mother either doesn't know who fathered her children or has chosen to lie about it.

Looking at the real children of this same man....  They have to bear the result of their real father beset with financial burdons, physical and mental stress, and likely depression.    These children have to suffer financially and emotionally throughout their lives. Many times these children are in an environment filled with stress, hardship, and marital difficulty caused solely by paternity fraud.  The hardships of this are something they should not have to suffer.  They see that committing fraud and lying pays.  What kind of example are we setting for these children?  Allowing the continuation of paternity fraud in the age of DNA testing is not in their best interest.

We need to stop the injustice harming our children.  We need to get off our duffs and let our State Representatives and Senators know that Missouri's promulgation of paternity fraud by government authority must change.    It's time we put a stop to paternity fraud in Missouri, and everywhere else.  Our children cannot afford less.