Missouri Families Victimized by Paternity Fraud

It is no suprise that our families and children are being harmed by paternity fraud.  Think about 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.  Women who named potential fathers in the US result (via DNA Tests) in over 30% of these men not being the real dad.. was found to not be the father of the child.    But the state in their infinite wisdom insists that there is no recourse for the victims of paternity fraud.  If you (or your son, brother, husband) is administratively assigned to be "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 no help in sight.  Contacting State Representatives in an attempt to correct this problem is like herding cats that don't listen.  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 money.  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, what about them?  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.  Money collected on their behalf cannot fix this.    Only honest and open 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.    The situation is not in the best interest of the children.  By attempting to force parental relationships where they do not exist is considered by many States to be the right thing to do.    But in most of the cases we have reviewed the men are either not in contact with the children, the mothers are preventing contact, or the victim of paternity fraud is in another city or State.  In some cases this may be the man's choice.     However there are hundreds of thousands of cases where all these mothers really want for their child is 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.  Children are inflicted with damage that will never heal when they discover that the person their mother told them was their father isn't.  Where they really come from and who is the real dad stresses them out even further.  All since their mother either doesn't know who fathered her children or has chosen to lie about it.

Then, looking at the biological children of the 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 will have to live with emotional and financial suffering for their lifetime. These children live with their real parents in many cases and are see firsthand the hardship and stress that their parents suffer due to 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 message are we sending to these kids?  It is not in their best interest to allow paternity fraud.

We need to end this injustice to 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.  We need to put a stop to paternity fraud in Missouri and the whole country.  Our children cannot afford less.