KS: Paternity Testing Bill

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Posted by: "George McCasland" george.mccasland@dads-house.org   george1mccasland

Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:45 am (PST)

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/members/rep_mccray_miller_melody_1/
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/hb2246_00_0000.pdf

From: George McCasland
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:49 PM
To: melody.mccray-miller@house.ks.gov
Subject: Paternity Testing Bill
Dear Representative McCray-Miller:

I’m the moderator of Dads House Educational Center. We educate fathers on their rights, and responsibilities, to the children of divorce and unmarried parents. We are not per say an activist group as we teach fathers how to work from within the system by fully understanding the issues, and learning how to hire the right attorney, and not just the most expensive.

I have noted the media reports on the Mandatory Paternity Testing Bill you have submitted for consideration. Note first that I am a resident of a nursing home in Overland Park, so as a Kansas resident, the outcome of this Bill is of particular interest to me. Also, I believe a Tennessee State Senator attempted this same move in 2009.

I presume this legislation is a result of the growing number of reported Paternity Fraud cases in the United States, and the specific legislation to allow for non-biological fathers to challenge child support claims made against them which was voted down in July of 2009. At that same time, Missouri passed a similar Bill. The Kansas Bill was pressed by a man who was ordered to pay child support while on deployment, when he could not return to the country to challenge the claim, and request a paternity test.

I would like to commend you for your submission of this Bill for consideration, and would like to be kept apprised of its movement, as well as anything our members, and the members of groups around the country, can be doing to help.

Sincerely,
George R. McCasland

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