Someone else I know had a baby a couple of years ago. The couple "coupled" but never were a "real" couple, as far as I know. And both were rather young by this society's standards (although I don't always agree with those standards). Anyway, a "surprise" teen pregnancy resulted to the horror of all involved. With the guidance of the soon-to-be grandparents, welfare was applied for and received. Yes, a rather appalling lack of responsibility all around.
The baby and mom have always lived with the mom's parents, and there is no plan to change that. They have not made any demands of the father at all. He is free to come see his young son, or to even take him places, at almost any time. The father is rather wishy-washy. He comes to see the kid when it is convenient and makes plans to come visit but doesn't bother to show up at the arranged time, or even bother to call to cancel, fairly often. His child doesn't even really understand who this guy is.
And now he is demanding- by force of The State- "fair access" to the kid, "child support" payments from the young mother (or, more likely, from her parents), and that the kid be given his last name.
If he prevails in his lawsuit, this is just another illustration that "child support" is a disgusting scam. That he could even get a lawyer to draft such a demand shows that something is dreadfully wrong with the "system".
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Given the state of the law and politics in this country, I find episodes like this hope-inducing. If males can start using the system to abuse females in similar widespread fashion, there may be a chance of reforming these idiotic laws. As long as males are the primary victims of these misbegotten policies, they will remain as they are.
ReplyDeleteThat may be the case, but I am still not in favor of "two wrongs make a right" or violating your liberty because mine has been violated. And, in my experience, the bad guy usually wins in any case and no one outside a very limited circles learns anything.
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