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Why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Rejected a Man's Claim for Relief from Involuntary Fatherhood

FindLaw columnist and Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman discusses a recent federal appellate decision rejecting a man's claim that he was denied Equal Protection when state law imposed parental responsibilities on him for his unplanned biological child. The man claims his ex-girlfriend, the child's mother, falsely told him that she was infertile and, in any case, using birth control when the child was conceived, and that he had made very clear beforehand that he did not want to be a father. Grossman explains why the man's case, trumpeted as the "Roe v. Wade for men," did not convince the appeals court.
Published Monday, November 26, 2007 7:00 PM by FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles

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