Woman ordered to reimburse maintenance to estranged husband

N Mifsud

Oct 5th 2011, 12:07

I never saw a man giving birth either...

Mario Brincat

Oct 4th 2011, 19:08

Giovann remember that under this government everyone has loads of money, at least that's what you what us to beleive

Joseph Sammut

Oct 4th 2011, 19:25

Hello BOV or HSBC or some other bank

stephen koludrovic

Oct 4th 2011, 21:53

If she has no money, she can always ask the person that got her pregnant, to pay off her ex husband.

Mr Angus Black

Oct 4th 2011, 21:55

Sarcasm will not answer a very valid question.

In case the mother has no money, she should reveal the identity of the father and he will be obliged to reimburse her. This business of having 'single mothers' which in theory and practice cannot be unless we go back to the only one unique case 2000 years ago, an 'unknown father' is simply not acceptable.

This woman falsely declared her ex as the father and if the support was established by the courts, there is also the possibility of perjury.

The bottom line is that if she does not have the money to support the child, however repulsive it may be, the State (you and me) will have to chip in and support the child who is absolutely blameless in this situation. If mothers of children with'unknown fathers' are entitled for support, then so should this mother. As far as arrears go, she had better make arrangements with her ex to repay him so much a month until the amount is fully repaid. He strikes me as a reasonable person who was patient enough paying his ex for several years while strongly suspecting that he was not the child's father.

r buttigieg

Oct 5th 2011, 14:05

@angus black.... don't you think she she be made to go to work? it should be compulsory to work to provide for your kids after all

Mr George Farrugia

Oct 4th 2011, 22:19

Paul... maintenance of the child is not tax deductable, but maintenance of the wife is. And for the latter the wife would be personally taxable. Hence, in this case, as the maintenance was towards the child there is no need for the CIR to recalculate anything.

Elaine Compagno

Oct 4th 2011, 18:22

Women have too many rights. Haha. I pity the women who have to be around people like you with that kind of thinking.

Actually, the maintenance was not even the woman's right. It was the child's. Of course it was also due from her natural father... and since this man could prove he was not the father, then reimbursement is HIS right. So yes, well done.

Mr B. Fenech

Oct 4th 2011, 20:34

I think what he meant is women seem to have more rights than man in the legal aspect of things.

leonard lombardo

Oct 4th 2011, 21:57

agreed 100% they have far to many rights and if someone says no than it must be a woman who said it

Ms Dorielle Soler

Oct 6th 2011, 09:16

How dare we have rights at all, Mr Lombardo, that's what I'd like to know ! I mean, its not as if we're MEN are we ! I feel for you so....... Stupid, weak female that I am, I did not realise that we had the 'right' to adultery and the foisting of our resulting child onto our husband or we might all be tempted. WHAT THE HECK DO WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAVE TO DO WITH AN ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO PRETENDED HER CHILD WAS HER HUSBAND'S ????? Naturally, all fathers pay maintenance to their children - or are you against that ? - so naturally the husband paid up for his child UNTIL it transpired the child was not his. Case closed. Any husband who suspects 'his' kid is not his knows about DNA tests so is safeguarded.

Wilfred Camilleri

Oct 4th 2011, 20:38

Although the man in this case was wronged by his wife, the child in question should not be punished. The girl grew up looking at the man as her father and the father looking at the girl as his daughter. With this judgement, the man gets his pound of flesh, the woman gets financially strapped, and the girl is caught in between! I'm not making an excuse for the mother since she probably knew all along that her husband didn't father her child. But the man has a moral responsibility for caring for the girl who grew up with him. How can he just turn to the girl and tell her "I'm not your father. I don't love you and I don't care about you!" That's basically what he's doing if he ends his relationship with her.

Mr Robert Gatt

Oct 4th 2011, 18:07

Exactly my thoughts

Mr ADRIAN GRECH

Oct 4th 2011, 16:32

Quite right

Joseph Sammut

Oct 4th 2011, 19:28

Modern "being cool" thinking is that children don't suffer - I'm being sarcastic of course!

Mr Mike Abbot

Oct 4th 2011, 21:49

Joseph Sammut -

actually, if you read the article again there was no divorce so as long as there is no divorce the children couldn't possibly have suffered because we're told it's divorce that causes pain and suffering... nothing wrong here then.. move along. (sarcasm. me too)

Mr Martin Saliba

Oct 4th 2011, 15:17

Yes Maria , poor child. What about the man ??what about the woman ? She got off lightly as she was not ordered to pay for feeding and clothing and whatever else the man paid to maintain a child the was not his and was led to belive that it was .

Ms Maria Vella

Oct 4th 2011, 16:26

The man and woman are grown up individuals who should have a shred of responsibility - the child was brought into this world and thrown into an environment which she did not choose to be in.

Mr Martin Saliba

Oct 4th 2011, 17:16

The whole responsibility is with the woman . I assume that you are agrown up individual yourself ,feel free to pay for the childs needs yourself. Heck , you can pay for mine if you like .

Ms Maria Vella

Oct 4th 2011, 17:33

And I pity the man as well for being fooled

Deo Catania

Oct 4th 2011, 15:16

I agree but one must realise that it is also a huge shock for the 'father'.

Brian Gatt

Oct 4th 2011, 15:26

You can say that loud and clear

Mario Mifsud

Oct 4th 2011, 17:01

Won a court case against his ex-wife??? In our courts???? This man should be put down in history !!!

Steve Camilleri

Oct 4th 2011, 23:09

Amen