News Man jailed for not supporting someone else's child - Page 2

**BigMeatballDave** · GBM 8-12-15

ADEL, Ga. – A Georgia man spent more than a year behind bars for failing to pay child support for a child that wasn't his, but he was released after DNA tests showed he wasn't the father.

Frank Hatley, 50, had been jailed since June 2008 for not making payments, but two separate DNA tests in the last nine years showed he was not the father of the boy, who is now 21.

Southern Center for Human Rights attorney Sarah Geraghty won Hatley's release at a hearing Wednesday in Superior Court. A court order has also relieved him of his financial obligation to the Georgia Department of Human Resources.

"State child support officials have shown extraordinarily poor judgment in Mr. Hatley's case," Geraghty said.

Although Hatley was freed from making future payments after a 2001 hearing, Superior Court Judge Dan Perkins had ordered him to continue making $16,000 in back payments. He paid $6,000 of that before being laid off from his job.

Perkins ordered Hatley's immediate release Wednesday after determining that he was indigent. Although he was released, Hatley's paternity case is still unresolved. No future hearings are scheduled.

"Out of it all, I just feel like justice should be served for me in this case," Hatley told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shortly after his release. "I shouldn't have to keep being punished for a child that is not mine."

Hatley had a relationship with Essie Lee Morrison, who had a baby in 1987 and told Hatley the child was his, according to court records. The couple never married and split up shortly afterward.

In 1989, Morrison applied for public assistance through the state Department of Human Resources. Hatley agreed to reimburse the state because he believed the boy was his.

Documents show Hatley paid at least $9,500.

But in 2000, DNA samples showed the two were not related, according to court records. A test earlier this month confirmed that.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/...ngfully_jailed

FAX · 07-16-2009, 12:00 PM

Okay. I'm stumped (and I'll bet this guy wishes he had been).

Why is it that he has to continue to pay the child support? What am I missing here?

FAX

**BigMeatballDave** · 07-16-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Why is it that he has to continue to pay the child support? What am I missing here?

FAX

The judge is a ****ing assbag!

**Lzen** · 07-16-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by acesn8s

Then paternal test should be given at birth. If the bitch can't proove who the father is then she cannot ever receive child support for that child.

Agreed.

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Originally Posted by blaise

...He was dumb not to wear protection at the beginning and now his whole life is upside down.

FYP

**Lzen** · 07-16-2009, 12:12 PM

We had a case in the local paper here a few months ago that sounded very much like this one. Seems back asswards to me.

blaise · 07-16-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Agreed.

FYP

Yeah, that too.

stumppy · 07-16-2009, 12:31 PM

I always tell the women I throw the wood to my name is Dane McCloud. Then the bidges pay me support.

Halfcan · 07-16-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by acesn8s

We have some stupid laws on the books but not a damn one to protect an innocent guy like this.

exactly-what shity luck

**Lumpy** · 07-16-2009, 12:46 PM

My brother's ex-fiance contacted him 5 yrs after she had a child so they got him for back child support. No paternity test was ever done and IMHO that child looks nothing like my brother. I think the entire system is screwed up. If a woman claims that someone is the father of her child and she wants support, she should pay for the paternity test. Plain and simple.

Just Passin' By · 07-16-2009, 01:15 PM

Always get a paternity test any time a child is claimed to be yours, and refuse to live in a state where it doesn't matter (like California, where a married man is on the hook even if paternity tests prove the kid isn't his).

Valiant · 07-16-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Okay. I'm stumped (and I'll bet this guy wishes he had been).

Why is it that he has to continue to pay the child support? What am I missing here?

FAX

They have a dumb ass rule the judges follow that says the children should get money from the guys for support even if they are not theirs for the betterment of the child..

Instead of saying, bitch find the real dad..

LaChapelle · 07-16-2009, 01:29 PM

You've been dating a girl for awhile, she says she's pregnant. How do you ask for a paternity test without ruining everything from there forward if it is yours?

-Someone needs to start a class in how this is handled. $$$$$$$$$

Frazod · 07-16-2009, 01:38 PM

This is just one of those common sense things that should be easily resolved - paternity test says you're not the kid's father? YOU DON'T PAY. THE END. Nothing else makes sense.

I realize the government's looking after the best interest of the child, but sticking some guy just because he was one of many who blew a load in mommy is outrageous. Let the bitch go on welfare if she doesn't know who the real father is. And make her get fixed before she collects anything, too.

Valiant · 07-16-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LaChapelle

You've been dating a girl for awhile, she says she's pregnant. How do you ask for a paternity test without ruining everything from there forward if it is yours?

-Someone needs to start a class in how this is handled. $$$$$$$$$

Well A: go with your gut feeling.. B: Tell the doctor after delivery that you want a test ran and do not sign shit until after it has been performed..

LaChapelle · 07-16-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

Well A: go with your gut feeling.. B: Tell the doctor after delivery that you want a test ran and do not sign shit until after it has been performed..

Good luck with that.

Just Passin' By · 07-16-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LaChapelle

You've been dating a girl for awhile, she says she's pregnant. How do you ask for a paternity test without ruining everything from there forward if it is yours?

-Someone needs to start a class in how this is handled. $$$$$$$$$

You let it be known when early on in the dating cycle.

07-16-2009, 11:26 AM
BigMeatballDave GBM 8-12-15 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Dayton, Oh. Casino cash: $10052154	Man jailed for not supporting someone else's child ADEL, Ga. – A Georgia man spent more than a year behind bars for failing to pay child support for a child that wasn't his, but he was released after DNA tests showed he wasn't the father. Frank Hatley, 50, had been jailed since June 2008 for not making payments, but two separate DNA tests in the last nine years showed he was not the father of the boy, who is now 21. Southern Center for Human Rights attorney Sarah Geraghty won Hatley's release at a hearing Wednesday in Superior Court. A court order has also relieved him of his financial obligation to the Georgia Department of Human Resources. "State child support officials have shown extraordinarily poor judgment in Mr. Hatley's case," Geraghty said. Although Hatley was freed from making future payments after a 2001 hearing, Superior Court Judge Dan Perkins had ordered him to continue making $16,000 in back payments. He paid $6,000 of that before being laid off from his job. Perkins ordered Hatley's immediate release Wednesday after determining that he was indigent. Although he was released, Hatley's paternity case is still unresolved. No future hearings are scheduled. "Out of it all, I just feel like justice should be served for me in this case," Hatley told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shortly after his release. "I shouldn't have to keep being punished for a child that is not mine." Hatley had a relationship with Essie Lee Morrison, who had a baby in 1987 and told Hatley the child was his, according to court records. The couple never married and split up shortly afterward. In 1989, Morrison applied for public assistance through the state Department of Human Resources. Hatley agreed to reimburse the state because he believed the boy was his. Documents show Hatley paid at least $9,500. But in 2000, DNA samples showed the two were not related, according to court records. A test earlier this month confirmed that. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/...ngfully_jailed
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FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	Okay. I'm stumped (and I'll bet this guy wishes he had been). Why is it that he has to continue to pay the child support? What am I missing here? FAX
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Lzen Banded Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Oz Casino cash: $-739308	We had a case in the local paper here a few months ago that sounded very much like this one. Seems back asswards to me. __________________ Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Just Passin' By In Search of a Life Join Date: Feb 2009 Casino cash: $5450524	Always get a paternity test any time a child is claimed to be yours, and refuse to live in a state where it doesn't matter (like California, where a married man is on the hook even if paternity tests prove the kid isn't his).
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LaChapelle Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Casino cash: $10004900	You've been dating a girl for awhile, she says she's pregnant. How do you ask for a paternity test without ruining everything from there forward if it is yours? -Someone needs to start a class in how this is handled. $$$$$$$$$
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07-16-2009, 01:38 PM	#27
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-866615	This is just one of those common sense things that should be easily resolved - paternity test says you're not the kid's father? YOU DON'T PAY. THE END. Nothing else makes sense. I realize the government's looking after the best interest of the child, but sticking some guy just because he was one of many who blew a load in mommy is outrageous. Let the bitch go on welfare if she doesn't know who the real father is. And make her get fixed before she collects anything, too.
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