Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill
Amy you write
…..but should a guy really get hit up for daddy fees when he’s, say, one of two drunk strangers who has sex after meeting in a bar? Yes, he is biologically responsible. But, is it really “in the child’s best interest” to be the product of a broken home before there’s even a home to break up?…..
My question to you is; Who should pay?
Let’s translate your unfinished thoughts into a possible scenario;
29 year old guy with income of $80.000 goes to the bar, hooks up with a 23 year old who works at minimum wage for Walmart (she also dropped out in 11 grade). They don’t know each other, but get drunk, end up spending the night at his nice apartment (she now knows where he lives and observes he seems to do well financially). Two months later she finds out she is pregnant. By New York state law she could go after him for 17% of his income…or he could also file for custody.
Now what Amy????
Force her to get an abortion?
Make society pay for her through welfare programs because her minimum wage job isn’t going to cut it after paying for child care for the kid etc?
Go after poor sex dumb 29 year old who couldn’t keep his member in his pants?
Force him to take custody as he has the higher income, even if he doesn’t want the kid?
Let kid live in poverty conditions because of man and woman’s irresponsibility?
Fo
