Some Poor Shmuck Has To Pay $65K In Child Support For A Daughter Who Isn't His!

NY Post- A Texas man is battling a court order that mandates he must pay tens of thousands in child support for a child whom he did not biologically father and whom he met only once.

In 2003, a child support court in Texas ruled that Gabriel Cornejo, 45, had to pay child support to his ex-girlfriend, who had recently given birth, because she vowed there was no way he wasn’t the rightful dad.

Cornejo, who is currently raising three children of his own and two nephews, claimed he was not made aware of this and only found out about the child support payments last year when a deputy served him with court papers claiming that the state of Texas lists him as having another child. He soon met the minor for the first and only time — describing her as a “wonderful girl” — but after taking a DNA test, learned she was not his after all.

Only Cornejo’s ex-girlfriend and the state still want the $65,000 in back payments.

Texas’ family code, chapter 161, states that even if one is not the biological father, they still owe support payments that accrued before the paternity test proved otherwise. In Cornejo’s case, that amounts to some $65,000.

His ex-girlfriend’s attorney, Carel Stith, claimed that money was taken out of Cornejo’s paycheck several years ago and he didn’t contest it, and that in itself can satisfy a court argument that he should have handled the matter long ago.

“There can be consequences, even if you don’t do anything,” Stith told local news.

Cornejo and his attorney, Cheryl Coleman, must now persuade a judge to reopen the case — as the original court order cannot be amended. If that doesn’t happen, he must pay up or face time behind bars.

Wow, Texas. That is some backwards-assed bullshit and usually you guys are on top of the law. I’ve never been to Texas but it seems like a place where, if your ex-girlfriend claims you owe 16 years of child support but a DNA test proves you’re not the father, you can legally shoot her in the street. That’s just my impression of Texas: swift and violent justice for liars.

There are a few weird things going on here. First, Gabriel Cornhole had child support money taken out of his paycheck a few years ago and didn’t notice. If he owes $65,000, I have to believe it was a sizable sum, which either means that Gabriel is so rich he doesn’t look at his paychecks, or he’s just floating through life with no regard for bills/taxes/deductions. The girlfriend’s lawyer is saying that this negligence is enough to justify hitting Gabriel with a $65,000 bill.

Little secret about me: I went to law school. 4 days. And in those 4 days, I learned that what I just wrote is not a real thing. That’s the kind of nonsense you’d expect from Movie Gallery. “You were 4 days late returning ‘Paycheck’ starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, so you currently owe $4,000.” Haha Movie Gallery, you’re mistaken. I will pay nothing and continue to discard those late notices until you go out of business in 2 weeks. In the meantime, I’ll take my business over to Blockbuster who just got rid of late fees, aka they’re giving away movies for free.

I realize in the second paragraph I wrote that there were a few weird things going on here, and then said “first,” implying that I would illustrate another weird thing. But I don’t care about this story anymore and neither do you, so here’s hoping Gabriel Cornejo doesn’t have to pay for this muchacha from another papa.

“Not my daughter, you bitch” -Molly Weasley