laws regarding biological fathers....

FrankieCarbone · #1 02-20-2008, 11:53 PM

i have a question, if a man, who by the way is wealthy, in the dominican republic has a child with a woman, shortly after,while the baby is still under a year old, the woman marries another man, and that other man claims the child as his, legally that is, is the biological father completly clear of having any finacial responsibility for that child?

MommC · #2 02-21-2008, 01:15 AM

Most jurisdictions concur that a biological father always has the responsibility to provide for his child even if the mother refuses said 'financial' responsibility should she be unable to properly provide for the child the father is obligated to do so.

If you can't (won't) pay, you shouldn't play!

The child didn't ask to be born to a 'poor' mother and a man who is NOT the father shouldn't have to support another man's offspring.

FrankieCarbone · #3 02-21-2008, 01:30 AM

ok i know there is the right thing morally, but what i want to know is if LEGALLY, he is oblige to pay up for his son, EVEN THOUGH the mother married another man and the kid took the last name of another man who legally claimed him...?

Malibook · #4 02-21-2008, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankieCarbone

has a child with a woman, shortly after,while the baby is still under a year old, the woman marries another man,

Did you get a DNA test?

I don't know Dominican law but IMHO, her remarrying could absolve you of alimony, not child support, however, claiming the child legally could be akin to an adoption in which case the biological father might be free, unless you are offered visitation rights and the opportunity to be a part of the child's life.

Malibook · #5 02-21-2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MommC

The child didn't ask to be born to a 'poor' mother and a man who is NOT the father shouldn't have to support another man's offspring.

What man would marry a woman and not be prepared to support her/their child?

If they want the father out of the child's life except for the cash, screw them.

Hillbilly · #6 02-21-2008, 07:21 AM

1) If wealthy biological father does not appear on a birth certificate, there is no legal way for him to be charged with child support (He might like to talk to God about this in moral terms, however.)
2) If he does appear on a birth certificate, then yes, he does have a legal obligation.
3) why not set up a small foundation to provide for your child? Appoint a legal guardian to oversee the proper application of the funds for the health, education and welfare of the child.

It does seem strange that one would plant his seed in the belly of a woman and not give a d@mn as to whether something comes of it or not. Not much pride in ones self.
Of course this happens all the time in the US where more than 60% of all black children are born to "single" women....

HB

oceanbound · #7 02-21-2008, 08:16 AM

Hillbilly is right. What is happening in the US is tragic. It is the rare black child who has both a mother and father living in the same home. Men in certain cultures have been devalued and are viewed only as sperm donors. This repeats generation after generation and is destsroying the fabric of civilized society. I am sorry, but I am very passionate about this issue.

Chirimoya · #8 02-21-2008, 08:53 AM

In the Caribbean region, according to the statistics, 48% of households are headed by women.

PICHARDO · #9 02-21-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankieCarbone

i have a question, if a man, who by the way is wealthy, in the dominican republic has a child with a woman, shortly after,while the baby is still under a year old, the woman marries another man, and that other man claims the child as his, legally that is, is the biological father completly clear of having any finacial responsibility for that child?

If the mother of the child decides to "someter" the biological father in court for financial responsibility, she's free to do so always that she can prove via a court ordered DNA test who the father of the child is; even if she married the other guy and had him registered as the legitimate father of the kid, still it doesn't absolve the biological father from legal recourse...

The only thing aiding the biological parent here, its that the court may favor somewhat the circumstances under which the kid is living and by hiring a good lawyer he may be able to be freed from any financial responsibility beyond what the courts find admissible...

As DNA became a powerful tool in these kinds of cases, the courts have the last word on what's the burden or responsibility of a biological parent given the unique circumstances that are presented before it.

Ask the venerabled Guzman of DR1!!!

FrankieCarbone · #10 02-21-2008, 06:32 PM

ok now here is the situation

im not the father in this story, im the child, now i have met my bological father and he responded when meeting me by throwing his drink in my face (literally) and letting me know i wont get one cent of his ever. when all i wanted to do was talk to him really

anyway that was a year ago, now what i want to know is, he is very wealthy, and he has given all of his other children (5 more, 6 total with me) a house, as he owns many. he even bought one of his daughters her own business.

now i was told that i could get a dna test done and he will have to give me what some say is rightfully deserved to me. now i have been raised by my mother and stepfather, and my stepfather claiumed me as his child in the birth certificate shortly after i was born since my biological father refused to do so.

so what legal right do i have? i have also been told that since my stepfather claimed me as his back when i was born, that i have no legal right to anything from my biological father, which ****es me off since he bascially got away with bringing a child into the world, had his fun, then let some other guy take care of him and left him scott free

so DO i have any legal right if i get a dna test done?