Common Sense Prevails

Thanks to Rep. Curtis Richardson (D-Tallahassee), paternity fraud victims in Florida are finally seeing justice:

Florida's so-called ''paternity fraud'' law took effect in July. It gives a man up to 18 years from a child's birth to challenge a paternity judgment when genetic evidence shows that he is not the biological father and other conditions are met.

If he prevails, his obligation to pay child support ends.

Men's-rights groups say the law is a small step in correcting a system that has penalized innocent men for the lies and mistakes of others.

The next step: recouping past payments.

Predictably, the usual suspects are weeping about the loss of revenue from suckers being let off the hook. It doesn't matter to them if the wrong man is paying, just as long as somebody is. Except them, of course.

(Herald login/pswd=crockett@tubbs.com/miamivice.)