An Interview with Paternity Advocate Eric Johnson of RuDaddy (Part I)
Background: Paternity Advocates Eric & Donna Johnson of RuDaddy provide affordable legal assistance to men who are paying child support for children who may not be theirs. Below is the first part of my interview with Eric Johnson about the world of paternity fraud.
Glenn: Who is the typical client you serve? Is he married, never-married, or divorced? Does he have a relationship with the child in question? Did the mother intentionally deceive him, or was it an honest mistake?
Eric: We address all of the above. Fathers find themselves in every station of life and have to deal with child support and paternity fraud issues. Those who are married may find that the child they thought was theirs is, in fact, not. Perhaps the child is the result of an adulterous affair, and they know or suspect the child is not theirs. The same is true for fathers who have never been married or are divorced but have been accused of fathering a child.
Some fathers do have a relationship with the child and this will impact the decisions they will need to make. Some have decided to step away from the situation and allow the biological father space to create a relationship. Other fathers decide to maintain the relationship but ask for relief from mandatory child support.
In choosing a father, we have found that some mothers have made a mistake, however, many know and have chosen the father to intentionally deceive the man for the purposes of financial gain. We call this ‘father shopping,’ which is fraud because it is intentional deception with the intent to obtain personal monetary gain at the expense of another. Our Case Administrators are trained to make these determinations on a case-by-case basis.
Glenn: Let’s say a man is living with his girlfriend and their three-month-old baby. He suspects the kid isn’t his. He doesn’t want to create a fuss or a problem, but he wants to know the truth. Is there a discrete way you can help him?
Eric: Yes, not only discrete, but affordable and fast. The informational DNA test is only $122.00 including shipping with 7 day turnaround time. (It can be faster for a small additional charge.) If the father does not want the mother to know that he suspects anything, there are several different types of tests available. He can use things like chewing gum, soda cans used by the person or hair clippings to send in for a determination. If the results prove he is not the father, we would then advise him to get a court admissible DNA test, which is a service that we can provide, and then petition the court for a hearing to make a ruling on the issues of child support or paternity fraud.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 8:09 pm
‘We call this “father shopping” which is fraud because it is intentional deception with the intent to obtain personal monetary gain at the expense of another”.
IMHO this sounds close to a LEGAL definition to me. one like i once heard covered in college when we were discussing the things the LAW (by definition) has to be to us all to be Fair, Truthful, Equitable and so forth. things that are supposed to be logical, and as it follows the backbone of GOOD LAW.
but i know of no one arrested for this type FRAUD. it happens every day in every town of any size. and yet no one is in prision for this female on male non- crime. it only follows that logically, and therefore LEGALLY, it cannot be FRAUD. we must, for all intents and purposes, insist that it be called something else, like say……”PUSSIFICISONIFATITION”. i made that up.
wait i just remembered, we already have a term for this type of thinking, it’s called politically correct feminism (pcf). to me, just more EVIDENCE of how things get screwed up when you have “special” people in a society who must continually be pandered to. all this in an America that was set up in great documents by our forefathers to never ever have any special people, due to religion, race, gender and so forth..
but then again look how many other words have already been redefined to make them fit the new world pcf free loaders. words like “marriage” or “family” or “forever” or “Holy” or “partnership” or “Priest” or “parent” or “murderer” ……. and on and on and on …..