France bans the publication of statistical information about judges’ decisions

Re:France bans the publication of statistical information ab... by taneq on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @03:53AM (#20092872)

I'm surprised the U.S. doesn't have something similar. Then again, don't they (or some states, at least) just go ahead and find some male to pin the childcare payments on, regardless of paternity?

(Not sure if this is the case I was thinking of, but it popped up with a minute's searching: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/texas-man-ordered-to-pay... )

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Re:France bans the publication of statistical information ab... by busymom0 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @03:57AM (#20092897)

This is quite common, I know someone who got pinned with childcare just because he was at the hospital when his friend was giving birth and she put him as the Dad (he wasn't).

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Re:France bans the publication of statistical information ab... by paulddraper on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:02AM (#20092927)

Your link is literally someone getting a paternity test, ending his child support obligations.

What's unusual (and newsworthy) in that specific case is that the child was a teenager by the time the paternity test happened, and Texas law doesn't remove any child support obligations imposed prior to the test. I believe that man was still contesting the outcome.

If anything, this is a great example of how important paternity tests can be. And why the U.S. should not outlaw paternity tests.

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Re:France bans the publication of statistical information ab... by taneq on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:32AM (#20093074)

Yeah, definitely not the case I was thinking of. Here are two where DNA tests were insufficient to exonerate men from ongoing child support payments after the test results:

https://lawandcrime.com/video/man-legally-forced-to-pay-chil...

https://5newsonline.com/2017/01/12/oklahoma-man-ordered-to-p...

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