"Kenneth s." wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:04:16 +0200, "Dusty" wrote:

"Bob W" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Not sure what "rights" such registration affords men, if any. But since
the mother can STILL sell the child, what purpose does registering with
the state accomplish other than to assist the "child support" people in
assigning him the title of "father" for the purposes of stealing his
money/freedom?

The "right" is to be advised of any adoption effort and to be in line to
exercise parental rights before potential adoptive parents if the mother
chooses to give up the child.

Related to CS - the mother can be ordered to pay CS to the CP father.

Besides hiding the adoption to allow the mother to sell the child to
adoptive parents, keeping the adoption process away from the father
helps
the mother avoid having to pay CS for a child she chooses not to keep.

OK, I hip with that, but in what way does this help if mom decides to keep
the child? In a case like that, it would seem to severely disadvantage
the
prospective father and place him squarely in the CSE crosshairs.

The only advantage to the man in registering as the child's
father is the possibility that he will be able to have some kind of
relationship with the child, even if the mother doesn't want this.
However, I very much doubt whether this is worth much. The system is
notoriously lax about enforcing visitation, by contrast with the huge
amount of resources devoted to enforcing "child support."

I've seen comments from CS officials indicating that the
father registration provision is nothing more than a deliberate trap
for the unwary. The idea is that, immediately after a child is born,
the man who thinks he is the father will be inordinately proud of his
situation, and will want to be identified as the father. But the
bottom line is that he is only making it easier for the mother to get
18+ years of "child support" from him.

The whole thing is too little, too late. The FIRST necessity is to consider
and treat BOTH parents as equals, which would solve the whole problem but
that isn't gonna happen until men, as a group, get radical and vocal.

Phil #3