Skip the Fine Print at Your Own Peril .. and Expense
Woman alleges that North Carolina Man is father of her child and should pay child support.
Man is certain he is not the father and willingly submits to DNA paternity test.
Test results arrive in Man’s mail.
Cover letter concludes that Man is the father.
Man reads on …
Actual report of test results states that Man is not the father.
Man reports inconsistency to testing company.
Company maintains that this is an unusual clerical mistake, which would have been caught even if Man didn’t catch the error.
In any event, Woman’s case is dismissed and Man can go on with his life, free of years of child support obligations.
Moral: When it comes to legal proceedings, read everything … all the way through.
Read more in this Charlotte [NC] Observer article: Office error could have cost Garner man thousands in child support payments..
