Topic: Man must be pay child support even though children not his

[quadzilla]

A Toronto man must continue to pay child support, even though DNA tests show he is not the biological father of his ex-wife's 16-year old twins.

An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled he must to pay the support, because "he was the only father the twins knew during the course of the marriage".

Pasquino Cornelio says his then-wife had an affair. He started paying child support when the pair separated in 1998.

The mother, Anciolina Cornelio, claims to have no memory of an extramarital affair, because of medication she was taking at the time.

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090108/090108_childsupport/20090108/?hub=CP24Home

Some people think will think of any excuse. 

Personally I think she should have to pay all the previous payments back and he should not have to pay anymore.

[Wolverine]

"he was the only father the twins knew during the course of the marriage". But he wasn't the only man her wife knew during the same period, eheheeh.

I don't support this decision, the kids are 16, time to find a job and take care of themselves.

[tpl]

In this case Yes on the narrow grounds that he acted as their father before the separation.   But only until their 18th birthday IMHO.

[MKII]

If the man was able to get custody of the children, would the dead beat Mother have to pay support?

I have never come across any articles pertaining to the woman having to pay support, when the male parent is awarded custody of the child/s

[Ex-airbalancer]

what did he do for the first 6 years of their lives?
Did he feed them , play with them, treat them like his own?
If he was their father before, then he is still their father

[tpl]

Supposedly that is the case AirB

[toolatecrew]

That's just effed up IMO.

Did he KNOW that the kids were not his when he started treating them as his own? I guess if he did and made the commitment I can understand the ruling but if this was something to came to light years later then I would thionk its reasonable that he made the commiment to be a father to them under false pretenses.

No memory of the affair due to medication? OH Boy

[quadzilla]

If he was their father before, then he is still their father

He was never their father 

[Black Hatch]

No memory of the affair due to medication? OH Boy

Can someone use a similar excuse of being drunk at the time of having sex?

[tenpenny]

He did essentially the same as an adoptive parent, he accepted the children as his own, and helped raise them.

He should continue to pay child support, and now should have to pay more for the insult to the children.  He as much as told them he doesn't want them or love them.

How'd you like to be faced with that little gem at age 16?   facktard.

His only beef should be with his ex, not with his children.

[Ex-airbalancer]

If he was their father before, then he is still their father

He was never their father 

Where the sperm came from has no bearing if you are the father or not, if you have raised the children

[Railton]

Where is the long version of the story published with all the details as opposed to this CP24 readers digest version?
Railton

[toolatecrew]

He did essentially the same as an adoptive parent, he accepted the children as his own, and helped raise them.

He should continue to pay child support, and now should have to pay more for the insult to the children.  He as much as told them he doesn't want them or love them.

How'd you like to be faced with that little gem at age 16?   facktard.

His only beef should be with his ex, not with his children.

No an adoptive parent makes an informed decsion to accept the childern as their own and raise them.

An adoptive parent chooses to take the responsibility becuase they WANT to.

This guy may not have wanted children. He may have accepted responsibility to raise them becuase he had to.

Whn you adopt you know the child isn't yours. He didn't. We can't prove what he felt or why he raised them. If it can be proved he couldn't have reasonably known they were not his when he accepted to raise them then he shouldn't be on the hook for support.

We don't know the whole story. If the guy said I knew they weren't mine but loved them like my own he should pay. If its a bombshell and he thought they were his all along he should not be rquired by law to support them. Wonder if he can file suit to claim back support from the biological father if they can find him?

[Brig]

My dad was not my biological dad, but I do consider him my father.

The only thing that puzzles me about this story is the sequence of events.

1.  Couple divorces, he agrees to pay child support.
2.  Ex-wife sends a lawyer's letter five years later, asking for more money and a reduction of Dad's custody time.
3.  Dad then decides to ask for a DNA test.

His only beef should be with his ex, not with his children.

 

Whether or not he's the bio dad, the kids should still be his primary concern.

[blur911]

He should only have to pay if the ex is forced to tattoo "Lying Skank" on her forehead.  That would be fair.

[tenpenny]

Child support is for the children, it's not a tool to get revenge on your ex.

People like this make me sick.

[Wolverine]

He did essentially the same as an adoptive parent, he accepted the children as his own, and helped raise them.

He should continue to pay child support, and now should have to pay more for the insult to the children.  He as much as told them he doesn't want them or love them.

How'd you like to be faced with that little gem at age 16?   facktard.

His only beef should be with his ex, not with his children.

I believe he didn't know he wasn't the father. If he knew that since the beginning, then I agree with you.

On the other hand, I believe the ex's only concern is the money, she doesn't want a father for the kids, she wants someone who pays for them.

I agree that he should continue to pay the kids support, (he was their father in every sense) but in some kind of way where the ex-wife cannot access this money for herself (if there is a way). She facked around on him, broke her marriage vows, so nothing for her.

 

She knew everything since the beginning and kept all in secret just to get the money.

[blur911]

Child support is for the children, it's not a tool to get revenge on your ex.

People like this make me sick.

If you're referring to my post, it was a joke, albeit I have a warped sense of humour.

I do think that morally if he has been a "dad" to these kids he should pay their support.  I'm not so sure about if legally he still should.

[toolatecrew]

Child support is for the children, it's not a tool to get revenge on your ex.

People like this make me sick.

So its OK to trick someone out of 18 years of child support (Married or not) by having children by another man and then passiong them off as his? Please don't tell me you buy the "I can't remember the affair" crap.

I'd say if anyone's trying to punish their Ex its the WOMAN. She cheats, has kids by another man ,lies about it. He divorces her (possibly becuase eh's a lying _____) after getting uimself out of the marriage he's required to pay to support kids he didn't father? Sounds to me like if the beeatch had just stayed quiet and not asked for more $ or changed visitation rights everything would have been fine. He would have kept paying. Her kids would have gotten to their 18th cared for. Now she decides to risk it all to get more $?

He'll never get back 16 years worth of what he paid. The least they could do is let him off the hook and tell his ex wife to go track down the real father and get the money from him.

[dr_spock]

What's the impact to the kids if he doesn't have to pay?