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0 pointscperciva10y ago0 comments

In the view of the Supreme Court of Canada, being required to pay child support to a child you never wished to father, does not constitute "harm".

It may be worth noting here that child support is considered to be something to which the child is entitled, regardless of to whom the money is in fact paid; there have been cases where rapists have received court-ordered child support payments from their victims.

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adekok10y ago

> It may be worth noting here that child support is considered to be something to which the child is entitled

That's only half true. The truth is that the father is entitled to pay, in the "best interests of the child". But there is no requirement in law or in practice that the mother actually spends the money on the child. Or even that she's accountable to the the father (who typically has legal rights over the child), for how any of the money is spent.

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