Season greetings, my dear readers. Well I believe apologies are in order since it seems like I've been popping in and out of here as I please. For that, I tender my much overdue apology and will strive to do better in the future.
Today, I'm quite curious about this particular subject, "paternity fraud." For a lot of you who know me, you would have realised that I've been over using twitter lately and its actually not my fault. I just find comfort in tweeting and retweeting my random thoughts. So I read, retweeted and liked a tweet on the subject I mentioned earlier and I'll be providing a screenshot below:
Other tweets I came across on other accounts were soliciting for strict punishment to be meted out to paternity fraud perpetrators. I'll provide pictures of the tweets below:
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Now, building on the above; I dashed to Google to research on the topic, "Paternity Fraud" and shockingly I found out that Nigeria has the second highest rate of paternity fraud in the world after Jamaica. It is imperative to add that presently, there are no legal consequences for mothers who commit paternity fraud and therefore it is not punishable under the law. For those of us who may be lost, and as such still don't understand the subject on which this article has been written, it is vital that I define what paternity fraud means.
What is Paternity Fraud?
Paternity fraud, occurs when a man is incorrectly identified as the biological father of a child. The underlying assumption of "paternity fraud" is that the mother deliberately misidentified the biological father. Paternity fraud is related to the historical understanding of "adultery."
I am not here to judge, but I'm a firm believer of calling a spade, a spade. I really do not understand why a person you claim to "love" has to be at the receiving end of such level of wickedness. I for one have personally not witnessed such a scenario but I think I can imagine the heartbreak and depression it brings to its victim. It really is a problem and the question herein is why do women commit paternity fraud and should there be legal consequences provided for it?
Ps: #isyourfatherreallyyourfather?
However, if you suspect that you are not the father of the child your spouse is carrying, here are a list of things I recommend you do based on my research:
1. Get an experienced lawyer.
2. Make sure you're not on the birth certificate.
3. If the mother files and serves petition, request for a DNA test.
XOXO
What confuses the most about this topic is why do they do it?..Is it greed, fear or wickedness?. Why aren’t the children put into consideration before taking such action
ReplyDeleteMy dear, it's just plain wickedness and selfishness.
DeleteHmmm...Nigeria being second on that wretched list is not surprising at all. Our culture has for long promoted marriage as sanctimonious and as such, untouchable, in the sense that couples are meant to do everything to keep the marriage intact no matter what. To the point that going out of your way to find out, as a man, whether you children are yours is normally viewed as stupid; “haven't you being with her the entire time?”
ReplyDeleteHey, I don't support divorce but it's high time we call out people and make them face the music for doing such a horrible thing to their husbands.
They should be locked up, honestly. Either in a mental facility or correctional center because I don't understand how you claim to love a person and do something like that to them if it's not ment.
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