When does a man become responsibel for a child ?

Question

In your opinion when does a man become responsibel for a child ?

1. The woman should be abel to declare any man as the fathers children with all legal consequences

2. When he is married to the mother no matter who fathered the child

3. If the mother is unmarried she should be abel to put any name on the birth certificate out of the pool of men she had sex with, in case she doesnt want to put the name of the biological father on it, because he ran off, has less money is a felon, whatever, so any man who had a shot at her.

4. Only the biological father of the child should be held accountabel by law, unless another man steps in out of his free will in full knowledge that he did not father the child.

Answer 1

I agree with Mora. If there is a paternity test, and the man is proven to be the dad, then he should be able to choose if he wants to be in that child's life or not.

Of course, I'm not quite sure how a guy that fathers a whole bunch of kids and decides to not take responsibility for all of them should be handled.

Answer 2

The rules are pretty much the same in most countries:

Number 1 is utterly ridiculous.

Number 2 is also wrong. If the mother marries another man then he isn't necessarily responsible for the child although you can presume that the woman wouldn't marry him unless he "willingly" takes some responsibility but this is entirely the man's choice especially when the child's bio-father is alive. Occasionally there are instances where a man discovers he has been misled by a woman into thinking the child he has helped raise was his own when she knew all along that it wasn't. In this instance the courts decide in favour of the man if he takes legal action against her.

Number 3... again men are protected against being held accountable for a child that is not theirs. This is the same "misleading" scenario as in number 2. A DNA test prooves exactly who is or is not the true father of a child and it can be court ordered if necessary. If the mother has a child to a guy who is a dead-beat then that's her problem.

Number 4 is the correct answer.

Answer 3

It USED to be that woman could put any name on a birth certificate, but not anymore. Now both parents need to sign the birth certificate for the father to be put on there. Married or not. HOWEVER the court does determine that if the woman is married the husband is responsible unless she names another father and generally does a DNA test. The weird part is that many states don't like children to be without a father. So say a man and woman are married and the husband finds out the kid isn't his... many states won't release him from obligation if the parents get divored.

#1 is bad - I'd pick Bill Gates lol
#2 Is legally correct but not always moraly
#3 The mother can't put a name on it without the "father" signing it (no DNA test needed in this case)
#4 Is about right... This is probably the best answer. But that would also depend on the biological father releasing his rights!

Answer 4

Out of your answers I would pick 4. My own personal answer is the father is responsible as of conception and for the next 18 years of that childs life and anything connected with that child. Having a child is a serious matter no matter how the conception took place.

Answer 5

4. Only the biological father of the child should be held accountabel by law, unless another man steps in out of his free will in full knowledge that he did not father the child.

Answer 6

I believe that would be up to the mother!!
I know that sounds unfair but if she doesn't want the support of the biological father will he then complain...she wont take my money!!!!! No I doubt it. My husband took responsibility for my daughter when we married and I have never asked or wanted anything from the biological father;I know there are woman out there who are into the money side of things and that is wrong. I would be making sure if I was one of those fathers that any of the money given to the mother goes into a bank account for the child. And I believe if I was a male and had doubts as to the paternity of a child said to be mine I would insist of paternity testing.

Answer 7

No. 4

Answer 8

Number 4 and only if the biological father is confirmed via a blood test which can be court ordered. However, if the biodad is confirmed it would be up to him to waive his rights in order for another dad to step up and take responsibility.

Answer 9

Biological father should be held accountable, but if another man is willing to be a father figure or adopt, then by all means, go ahead.

Answer 10

If a male creates a human life through the selfish act of love-making, then his bodily fluids contributing to the new child makes him responsible. If the mother paid for said fluids from a sperm bank, then no.

If the woman who has to gestate said child wants to claim someone else as the legal guardian, then he (or she) chosen would be responsible. At the same time, the genetic male donor is also still responsible, at least financially, unless the mother says otherwise.

Just because the Bible lists Jesus' family tree soley in the fathers' names does not make it right that the women shouldn't be in charge of the kids. If she doesn't want some dude she had sex with to have anything to do with her children, then that's a burden her offspring will be forced to deal with. There may be good reason.
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