Canada's valiant attempt at "dumb legal system" ti

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » December 10, 2005, 10:31 am

tle (it accepted the whole string when I wrote it..)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... /National/

Regina — A Saskatchewan man must continue paying child support for his stepdaughter even though his ex-wife married the child's biological father, a court has ruled.

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » December 10, 2005, 10:37 am

Thats not right at all.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » December 10, 2005, 12:43 pm

If there was a smiley that showed it scratching it's head, that would be here...

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » December 10, 2005, 1:31 pm

You should never have to pay child support for a step-child unless you adopted them.
If he adopted the step-child it doesnt matter who the childs real father is, he is responsible.

The man petitioned for divorce in November 1998 and claimed access to the children.

There's the issue he basically claimed the kid as his own.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » December 10, 2005, 1:40 pm

That is just fucking evil.

What type of cretinous wanker judge made that decision, and why hasn't he been shot in the fucking mouth?

That guy should just refuse to pay it.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 10, 2005, 3:58 pm

Most states have identical laws. If you marry a woman with a child, you assume legal responsibility of it. Even if the woman re-marries (the fact that it's the biological father is ironic but legally irrelevant), you are still responsible for keeping the child in the lifestyle it was accustomed to when living with you. The biological father probably has a much lower income.

Even weirder is that this law applies to common law as well.

You have to be really wary about getting into a relationship with a single mom/dad because it can have long term consequences. You can even be on the hook to pay for the kid's university education even if you lived with the parent and the child for six months.

I wish I could remember the name of the book, but I was listening to a talk show on the radio a couple weeks ago with the author of a book that touches on all the financial and legal impacts of getting a divorce. It was pretty scary.