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 Originally Posted by jackvance
While I agree that the child support laws are generally unfair because they squarely put the economic burden on men, this is kind of a bad example. Calling this rape is just a semantic failure. Statutory rape in the case of a 15 y'old male and a 20 y'old female is nothing at all like what you'd imagine rape to be, it overloads the word with meaninglessness.
Yeah this. He wasn't raped, not in the conventional sense, and calling it rape dilutes the meaning of the word.
It sucks for him that he was dumb and ignored the legal papers. He should've accepted responsibility as soon as he found out. He's right that it's harsh to expect him to be financially responsible for the part of his daughter's life where he was underage, but he should've argued this straight away instead of burying his head in the sand.
But the bottom line is the welfare of the child comes first. If this dude doesn't pay child support, then either the taxpayer does, or the child has less. That's what this guy should've thought the instant he discovered he was a father. I'm not overly sympathetic for him.
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