This problem is not perpetrated by responsible fathers this problem is perpetrated by deceitful mothers and deadbeat fathers. Unfortunately there are far too many of both.

I have to say that if my XW had told me she was pregnant and it turned out not to be mine I would own her ass, have custody and make sure that the kid was protected from that toxic influence even if the kid was not genetically mine.

If I could not get custody I would go bankrupt fighting to get my financial responsibility terminated. Not one penny of my income would be exposed to the possibility of supporting a skanky whore who tried to stick me with her spawn just because I happened to be a decent guy who makes a decent living. If the kid suffered because of that, so be it. Mom should not have tried to saddle me with a child that was not mine. All it would take to avoid this pain would be to let me know that the kid might not be mine and I would then make the decision to stay adn raise the kid as my own or leave. Not notifying a spouse/SO of the possibility that a child might not be his is fraud, it is wrong and it should be criminal and result in manditory imprisonment, permanent loss of custody and permanent maternal financial responsibility for the mother perpetrating the fraud. The punishment must so far outweigh the possible benefit that the choice to perpetrate the fraud is made nearly impossible to fathom.

I would sue my X for every penny she would ever earn for perpetrating fraud against me and I would put her ass in prison if at all possible.

Unfortunately only the woman can know who the BioFather of a child is or how many candidates there are for that title. Fortunately the overwhelming majority of women, just as for men, are honorable and would not do this just as most fathers are honorable and would go to the ends of the earth to support their children.

As for 100% DNA testing for all children at birth..... nope, I do not support saddling the tax payers with yet another entitlement minion boondoggle program just to give the gov't and entitlement breeders ammo to keep testing countless men to find the one who was stupid enough to not wear a jimmy hat when sleeping with this woman. If a woman has no clue who the father of her child is then she needs to bear the cost of raising that child without having to force the DNA testing of her entire stud stable to find which of the potentially dozens happened to have the successful swimmer.

My DW was 16 shen she had our son (My SS-20). She knew who the father was, she tried to make it work and she eventually wrote his worthless ass off and headed out of state to go to college so she could support herself and her son. When she and I met then decided to marry I had no problem committing to my son as much as to my wife. They were a package deal. I am his dad. That choice was mine though I had no genetic responsibility to the child.

My wife did not shop for biodads to stick with the financial responsibility of supporting her son even though DickHead was not able to support himself muchless the kid. My wife gave DickHead every opportunity to have a relationship with my SS and to step up and support the kid. Instead DickHead pawned his visitation, CS and visitation travel cost responsibilities off on the SpermGrandParents and went on to spawn three more out-of-wedlock children with two more baby mamas and then pawn the raising of those kids off on the SGPs all while living in the SGPs rental property rent free. My wife went on to finish HS with her class and with honors, a dual major BS with honors, an MBA with honors and is now a CPA. Our son is now serving in the USAF and attending college. These situations do not have to have tragic outcomes with fraud and complete abandonment of character on either the BMs or BioDad's side or both. Doing the right this is just that, doing the right thing. The right thing always turns out better than the wrong thing no matter how difficult the right thing may be.

Wrong is wrong and fraudulently sticking a man with a child that is not his is no less wrong than a man not supporting a child that is his. He may not even know a kid is his. This fraud also extends to women who do not inform a man that he has a child. As for men who do not support children they know are theirs ....... they should be exposed to the same punishments that women who perpetrate paternity fraud are exposed to. A man who is not informed that he may have a child is no less a victim of fraud than the man who is stuck with a kid who is not his while under the fraud induced impression that the kid is his.

I have no use for people who would do these things whether they are women who try to stick a man with a kid that is not his or a man who actively avoids supporting a child he knows is his.

IMHO of course.