Posts Tagged ‘Missouri House’
» posted on Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 9:48 pm by admin
Missouri Supreme Court Denies DNA Paternity Proof
Recently Cynthia Fox wrote in the St. Louis Suburban Journals that — “Not long ago, Missouri’s Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, handed down a potentially significant decision in a case that began as a simple paternity matter, but evolved into a criminal case where fundamental tenets of American law such as the presumption of innocence and guilt beyond a reasonable doubt came under question.”
The case is extreme, but in real life it boils down to a man was found to be the father of a child that wasn’t his. He had a civil judgement against him. A prosecuting attorney brought a crimminal case against the man for non-support. And the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri denied this man the opportunity to have a DNA test exhonerate him.
Near the end of her article Ms. Fox stated, “As someone who has chased after many a deadbeat dad, my first reaction was: “Yahoo, the ‘good guys’ won!” Yet, as the case lingered in my mind, that changed to: “But, at what price?” Three Supreme Court judges dissented, including Chief Justice Wolff. Their concern was that the presumption of innocence accorded criminal defendants and the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt were being set aside.”
What isn’t said in this article that in both 2007 and again in 2008 bills were introduced in the Missouri House and Senate that would have ended Paternity Fraud in Missouri. These laws would Make the Real Dad Pay while protecting innocent men who are being bankrupted by a broken legal system.
It’s time to call your State Representative, Write your State Senator, and demand that Missouri join the many states who now are more concerned with Making the Real Dad Pay instead of persecuting innocent families.
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» posted on Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 7:01 pm by admin
Paternity Fraud an Injustice to the Children Involved
In a story in the Kansas City Star a day ago, another in the STL Post Dispatch a month ago, 290 days ago KC Channel 4, and more and more news stories about the legalized theft caused by paternity fraud in Missouri….
Missouri’s antiquated laws are denying Truth and Justice when it comes to defrauding families via Paternity Fraud.
A man in Kansas City seperated from his wife… 18 months later she bears a child from another man… She states IN COURT that her husband IS NOT THE FATHER… But that (and a DNA Test proving it) isn’t enough in Missouri….
That man, defrauded by antiquated Missouri Laws is now in jail because he is innocent. Many hundreds of families are being affected each year.. Being told it does not matter what the truth is. They’re convenient, and the govenment can take their hard earned money.. Denying the victims own children of a better lifestyle, robbed of their college savings, being forced to live in substandard conditions, being denied the benefits of their own families hard work because of Paternity Fraud in Missouri.
Call or email your legislators and tell them you support the protection of innocent families by people who promote paternity Fraud in Missouri.
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