{"id":47716,"date":"2017-07-25T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=47716"},"modified":"2017-07-25T01:22:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:22:45","slug":"man-ordered-pay-65k-child-support-kid-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=47716","title":{"rendered":"Man ordered to pay $65K in child support for kid who isn\u2019t his"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t the rightful dad.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 describing her as a \u201cwonderful girl\u201d \u2014 but after taking a DNA test, learned she was not his after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Only Cornejo\u2019s ex-girlfriend and the state still want the $65,000 in back payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought in my whole life I would have to defend myself of something that I am innocent of,\u201d&nbsp;he said.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019 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\u2019s case, that amounts to some $65,000.<\/p>\n<p>His ex-girlfriend\u2019s attorney, Carel Stith, claimed that money was taken out of Cornejo\u2019s paycheck several years ago and he didn\u2019t contest it, and that in itself can satisfy a court argument that he should have handled the matter long ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be consequences, even if you don\u2019t do anything,\u201d Stith&nbsp;told local news.<\/p>\n<p>Cornejo and his attorney, Cheryl Coleman, must now persuade a judge to reopen the case \u2014 as the original court order cannot be amended. If that doesn\u2019t happen, he must pay up or face time behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The case is due back in court next month.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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