Man Pays $110,000 In Child Support, 30yrs Later Finds It's Not His
This is what happens when you engage in relations with whores.
A former Morris County man who learned 30 years after his son was born that the child was not his cannot recoup $110,000 spent in child support from the biological father, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
The 7-0 decision overturned an appellate court ruling in 2005 and found there is no exception in the New Jersey Parentage Act to extend the deadline in a paternity case beyond the child's 23rd birthday.
"The Legislature evidently knew what has been known since time immemorial -- that children would be born of adulterous relationships and that the true identity of the father might not be known for more than 23 years," Justice Barry T. Albin wrote.
The 28-page ruling lets the biological father, who had been a close family friend and the child's godfather, off the hook for the cost of raising him. Albin noted the biological father had not engaged in "overt trickery" and at worst simply kept quiet about the possibility he fathered the child.
"The decision makes clear the paramour has no duty to intrude into the family relationship," said Melvyn Bergstein, the biological father's attorney. "It says if you don't say anything, we're not going to sock it to you after the statute of limitations runs out."
Her name should be public. But it's doubtful she would be embarrassed. It would just bring in more "clients".
