How easy is it for a woman to get a court to agree (DNA test pending) that a certain man knocked her up?

[MatureDJ]

I was discussing this topic on the Anything Else forum, and I realized that my knowledge of the Law is probably deficient.

Let's say that some man is a locally known wealthy man, and some woman just out & out claims that her child is his (presumably when she is asked to name someone for the birth certificate). Could she simply file suit and force this man to submit to a DNA test without any other corroborated evidence? I suppose that when she is asked about who the father is, if she said that a certain man was the ONLY man that could have possibly knocked her up, and the DNA test proves otherwise, she would be guilty of perjury - and that to give her plausible deniability of her lying, she could name this man and then "some random hookup" that she had forgotten, but I wonder if in that situation a court would not allow to do a fishing operation.

 

[davidcarr]

I was discussing this topic on the Anything Else forum, and I realized that my knowledge of the Law is probably deficient.

Let's say that some man is a locally known wealthy man, and some woman just out & out claims that her child is his (presumably when she is asked to name someone for the birth certificate). Could she simply file suit and force this man to submit to a DNA test without any other corroborated evidence? I suppose that when she is asked about who the father is, if she said that a certain man was the ONLY man that could have possibly knocked her up, and the DNA test proves otherwise, she would be guilty of perjury - and that to give her plausible deniability of her lying, she could name this man and then "some random hookup" that she had forgotten, but I wonder if in that situation a court would not allow to do a fishing operation.

If you're not getting laid, how does this even matter?

 

[Soflobro#3]

If you're not getting laid, how does this even matter?

Oh look a troll. Are a fat feminist?

 

[Soflobro#3]

I was discussing this topic on the Anything Else forum, and I realized that my knowledge of the Law is probably deficient.

Let's say that some man is a locally known wealthy man, and some woman just out & out claims that her child is his (presumably when she is asked to name someone for the birth certificate). Could she simply file suit and force this man to submit to a DNA test without any other corroborated evidence? I suppose that when she is asked about who the father is, if she said that a certain man was the ONLY man that could have possibly knocked her up, and the DNA test proves otherwise, she would be guilty of perjury - and that to give her plausible deniability of her lying, she could name this man and then "some random hookup" that she had forgotten, but I wonder if in that situation a court would not allow to do a fishing operation.

I don't think she could. They can't just force a man with no ties to her to just take a paternity test. If they can well we need to stop worrying so much about preventing men from raping women, and invest resources into changing this.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Of course it can happen. It is a fairly common occurrence. The rationale is that everyone pays for the kid with welfare, thus the point of court ordered child support.