Posted: Jul 28, 2017 5:23 am
scott1328 wrote:Your analogy is misguided. This is a civil case. Under civil law you are not required to pay a debt you did not incur even if you did make some payment toward that debt. Your also have course of action if fraud was involved. But in fact Texas passed a law to fuck men over apparently because genetic testing was showing that too many men were (rightly) absolving themselves of fraudulent paternity claims.
Can you provide a citation of the law? I'm not being pedantic but the source citing the law is FOX news so I'd be interested in some verification of what it is. Of course it's also Texas so it could be screwed up anyway.
I'm also wondering how you are so sure it was fraud. You said the fraud was revealed so I'm assuming you have some evidence.
That said, I'm not a lawyer but my understanding is that if you fail to show for court and a default judgment is found against you then you are liable. Even in civil court.