"Phil #3" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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"Establishing paternity is the process of determining the legal father of
a child. When parents are married, paternity is automatically established
in most cases. If parents are unmarried, paternity establishment is not
automatic and the process should be started by both parents as soon as
possible for the benefit of the child. Unmarried parents can establish
paternity (legal fatherhood) by signing the voluntary Declaration of
Paternity. This can be done in the hospital after the child is born. A
Declaration of Paternity may also be signed by parents after they leave
the hospital.
Unmarried parents who sign the Declaration of Paternity form help their
child(ren) gain the same rights and privileges of a child born within a
marriage. Some of those rights include: financial support from both
parents, access to important family medical records, access to the
non-custodial parent's medical benefits, and the emotional benefit of
knowing who both parents are."

http://www.childsup.ca.gov/Resources...1/Default.aspx

The above propoganda is targeted to ignorant men in an effort to sucker
them into being legally obligated to hand free money to a woman for many
years! The "financial support from both parents" is untrue. This
Declaration does absolutely NOTHING to cause a mother to support her
children financially. Just curious: what law states that a child has the
"right" to know who their father is? Notice that NO benefits are ascribed
to the paying man. Thus, if he gets no benefits then whyever would he
pay?


Any fool that would sign a declaration of paternity has no clue to the
ability of some women to lie, cheat and steal.
Phil #3

Federal aw allows for voluntary declarations of paternity to be rescinded
within 60 days. After 60 days states may allow challenges for fraud,
duress, or material mistake of fact.

My state extends the challenge period to one year. The reasons behind the
one year timeframe are a recognition of the high default rate in paternity
proceedings and the "significant numbers of parents who sign joint
declarations of paternity because of relationship issues, even knowing the
male signatory is not the father."

IOW - My state recognizes mothers sign these forms as a way to lie to a man
and cover-up their knowledge another man is really the father of the child.
In practice if the man who is deceived by the mother cannot figure it out
within a year he is hosed for CS for another man's child. Mom can then go
live with the bio father and collect CS from the deceived father.