Legal Channel

December 13, 2010

Not the Daddy

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Imagine you’ve been paying child support for 10-plus years. Then one day you find out the baby isn’t yours. Maury Povich has built his career on this sort of thing, but it can destroy a father, and as Christopher describes in this episode, there’s not a lot the courts are going to do to help you.

Episode Segments

League of Dads: Listener Mail

E-mailer Dawn doesn’t agree with the way Christopher is handling his affair, and doesn’t believe the public is the place to air family problems. But Christopher disagrees, and he defends his reasons why. Then – Maury Povich has made a career out of paternity test episodes of his show. But Chris explains it’s a situation that happens way too often, and the man is trapped by signing the birth certificate.

League of Dads: The Courts Don’t Care

So you’ve been paying child support, and it turns out the baby isn’t yours. What are the courts going to do about it? It turns out, not a lot. Then, Christopher takes the ESPN approach to his 13-year relationship, by presenting just the highlights. Or in this case, just the low lights.

The League of Dads: Just My Thoughts

A run-in with another motorist and police involvement helps prove the old adage that image is everything. Then, how do you train a disgruntled mother or a deadbeat dad?