NEVER GIVING THE CHANCE TO BE A DAD

by GARY GENDRON
(CLARE MI)

WELL THIS IS A MIND BOGGLER. I WAS A DANCER IN OHIO ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO. ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO MY WIFE AND I WERE TOLD THAT MY WIFE HAD OVARIAN CANCER AND WASN'T ABLE TO HAVE KIDS ANY MORE. MY WIFE TOOK THAT REAL HARD. THREE YEARS LATER SHE GETS A GIRLFRIEND FROM WHERE SHE WORKED. NOW HER GIRLFRIEND WAS STAYING AT THE HOTEL MY WIFE WORKED AT. AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS MY WIFES GIRLFRIEND CAME TO STAY WITH US. LIVED WITH US FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. ONE DAY I COME HOME TO THEM SITTING AT THE TABLE.

MY WIFE SAID WE (THE THREE OF US)NEED TO TALK, SO I SAT DOWN. WHAT THEY SAID WAS THAT STARR(MY WIFES GIRLFRIEND)WOULD CARRY SHARON AND MINE BABY.(A THREESOME IS WHAT THEY WERE REFFERING TO) I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR A WEEK OR SO, THEN ASKED MY WIFE IF THATS WHAT SHE WANTED. SHE SAID THAT IT WAS. SO THE THREE OF US DID. STARR GOT PREGNAT AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL THE DELIVERY. STARR TOLD US THAT SHE LIED TO US AND THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY 15 YEARS OLD , I PASSED OUT. WE CALLED THE POLICE TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO. NOT THE BEST MOVE I WENT TO JAIL FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND HAVE TO REGISTER FOR 25 YEARS. WELL AFTER I GOT OUT, OHIO WITH OUT NOTICE TAKES MY FIRST INCOME TAX CHECK FOR BACK CHILD SUPPORT, IN THE SOME OF 22,900 DOLLARS.THIS WAS A SHOCK TO ME CONSIDERING I NEVER KNEW OF THE CHILD. THE CHILD NOW ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD WAS GIVING TO THE STATE OF OHIO WHEN SHE WAS 5 AND THEN ADOPTED OUT AT AGE 11. ALL THE WHILE ME NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS.

OHIO IS TAKING MONEY FROM ME WITHOUT A PATERNITY TEST TO SEE IF IN FACT I AM THE FATHER.THIS IS GOING ON 7 YEARS NOW AND WITHIN THIS TIME I LOST MY ROOFING JOB OF 14 YEARS BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN. WENT FROM SEASONAL JOB TO SEASONAL JOB. NOW WITH THIS CSC CHARGE ON ME I CAN'T GET A JOB THAT PAYS DESCENT. WENT TO JAIL FOR NOT PAYING MY FULL AMOUNT. I'M IN NEED OF A LAWYER BUT NO MONEY.

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