The family unit is already under serious assault in Nigeria. With inchoate institutions, how will floundering judges, legislators and policy makers reconcile the tangle of sex, money, abandonment, betrayal, science and the competing interests of the child, the nonbiological father, the biological parents and the state? Has anyone cared that the collateral damage is too high because fairness to one party based on the result of the test, negates fairness to another? In my early days in America, I watched several episodes of the Maury Povich and Jerry Springer show where paternity contestation are pure theater. My respect for the white man’s level of thought grew. Most men bowed to the centuries old English common law; a child born in a marriage is presumed the product of that union, unless the husband was impotent, sterile or beyond the “four seas” when his wife conceived. We must not treat children as expendables. We must not put the welfare of nonbiological fathers above that of children. Let adults bear the pain of their betrayal, inflicting pain on children is unjust and damaging. This is not an encouragement to women. My position is based on what is good for the child. To Receive Free News Updates, Add To Your WhatsApp: 08033857245; For Adverts Enquiries, Call 08083609209, To Publish Your Articles Or News Stories, Email editor@skytrendnews.com. READ ALSO! EXCLUSIVE: Armed Robbery Attack At Zenith Bank Southeast Owerri That Killed One (WATCH VIDEO) READ ALSO! 7 Women Lure Two Men Into Their Car, Rape Them Serially Inside A Bush READ ALSO! REVEALED: How Brave Policeman That Shot Dead Armed Robber In Viral Owerri Video Died READ ALSO! Why Celebrity Marriages Will Continue To Crash — Comedian, Bash READ ALSO! Shock As Married Woman Dies In Hotel Room In Enugu With Alleged Lover READ ALSO! Flavour, Davido, Wizkid… Celebrity Patrons Of The Growing ‘Baby Mama Association’ READ ALSO! OWERRI ROBBERY: Nigerian Police Under Fire For Disparity In Their Claim Versus The Viral CCTV Video READ ALSO! Why I Did Not Marry Laura Ikeji — Mc Galaxy READ ALSO! UPDATE: Why Nigerian Soldier Who Killed Suspected Boko Haram Terrorist Was Sentenced To Death READ ALSO! Models Are Not Prostitutes, Says Beauty Queen ]]>