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i sometimes watch the court shows on tv and this one surprised me. this couple was getting divorced after 2 years. the man wasnt sure he was the father and didnt want to pay child support if he wasnt. he found out it might not be his when she wouldnt put his name down as the father on the birth certificate. the woman had a calendar of the time in question showing everytime she had sex with him and 2 other guys. it turned out that he wasnt the father, but the judge said that since he had accepted that role when he married her and been the childs father for 2 1/2 years, that he had to pay $300/mo child support!
 
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If you are married to a woman when she get's pregnant, it's your kid. I believe that's been the law for a long time. DNA has yet to make it's way through the system.
 
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Not in Australia:
From a March 2003 Sydney Morning Herald article:


... the Child Support (Assessment) Act allows courts to order repayments where a presumed parent is later found not to be the biological parent


So you may have to pay the support now, but if you later find out that you were not the father, you can claim it all back, as happened last year:


In a precedent last year in Victoria, Liam Magill successfully sued his ex-wife for $70,000 in damages and economic loss after DNA testing proved she had deceived him by telling him her lovers' children were his own.

 
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What if the woman is in early stage of pregnancy and she does not reveal that she is pregnant.
Correct me if I am wrong.. i am a dumb guy :
 
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