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From: throop@cs.utexas.EDU (David Throop)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: birth control failure?
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Date: 14 Jun 91 21:02:33 GMT
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 rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com writes:
  [concerning agreements about child support:]

>  In Calufornia (where you live) a verbal contract is equally enforcible
>under the law.

  No.  A friend of mine impregnated a woman in California 17 years
ago.  They jointly signed a document in which he

   > acknowledged paternity, and
   > relinquished any claim to the child.

In this same document, the mother agreed that she would never seek
support for the child.
  The child is now 16.  The mother is now suing for child-support,
insurance, college tuition and legal fees.
  My friend's lawyer informs him that the agreement which they signed
in California has no legal significance at all.

David Throop