Ne Edl v. J Hedges C’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “foundation,” no chance of success. We cannot imagine that any federal court would agree with plaintiff's principle that the concept of”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Child Support Enforcement Agency v. Doe · 442 F. Supp. 2d 404 - Dubay v. Wells

2. “Plaintiff has identified no action taken by a state actor that impacted in any way his choice to father a child. As he complains of actions taken under the Commonwealth’s statutes that permit the establishment of paternity and the imposition and enforcement of child support obligations, the Court sees no evidence that the state required him to engage in the sexual activity that resulted in the conception of his son. Further he has identified no action taken by a state actor that interfered in any way with his choice to use or not to use contraceptive methods — or additional contraceptive methods, as the case may be — during sexual activity to avoid his sexual partner’s resulting pregnancy. Accordingly, he cannot state a claim for a violation of his substantive rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by the application of the laws of Kentucky for establishing paternity and imposing and enforcing child support obligations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 442 F. Supp. 2d 404 - Dubay v. Wells

3. “[T]here are no judicial decisions recognizing a constitutional right of a man to terminate his duties of support under state law for a child that he has fathered, no matter how removed he may be emotionally from the child. Child support has long been a tax fathers have had to pay in Western civilization. For reasons of child welfare and social utility, if not for moral reasons, the biological relationship between a father and his offspring—even if unwanted and unacknowledged—remains constitutionally sufficient to support paternity tests and child support requirements.... Reproduction and child support requirements occur without regard to the male's wishes or his emotional attachment to his offspring.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Child Support Enforcement Agency v. Doe