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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Coalition for Traditional Values' Candidate Survey
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.065126.114346@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:51:26 GMT
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- In <1992Nov12.051234.10135@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov05.052628.136644@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >>In <Bx3JFo.948@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> zell@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph Zell) writes:
- >>>Hmmmm, so what you're saying is
- >>>Conception Pregnancy Birth
- >>>---------- --------- -----
- >>>Man-------| |-------
- >>>Woman-------------------------------------------
- >>>
- >>>If a man helped make the baby, why does he suddenly have no say over it at
- >>>all, and then suddenly get back responisibility after 9 months?
- >>
- >>Well, as the name implies, child-support refers to support for the child,
- >>so it clearly can't begin before the child is born.
- >
- >This statement is incorrect. In Michigan, at least:
- >
- > MCLA 722.712. Child born out of wedlock; liability of parents
- >
- > Sec. 2. (a) The parents of a child so born out of wedlock
- > are liable for the necessary support and education of the
- > child. They are also liable for the child's funeral
- > expenses. The FATHER is liable to pay such expenses in
- > connection with HER PREGNANCY as the court in its discretion
- > may deem proper. (Emphasis mine).
-
- Did you miss the word "born"? Since it's discussing a child *born* out of
- wedlock, clearly the court can't tell the father to pay any pregnancy-related
- expenses until *after* the child is born, which is what I said.
-
- >Keep your day job, Larry. A lawyer, you ain't.
-
- Gee, and you are?
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
-