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Former Bachelor Clayton Echard Speaks Out After Winning Paternity Case: ‘Accountability Needed to Be Had’ 

By Stephanie Wenger, 06/18/2025 “…Echard tells PEOPLE his family is “excited to see that justice is actually being served” after he won the paternity suit that was filed against him…” Read the entire article: https://people.com/former-bachelor-clayton-echard-speaks-out-after-winning-paternity-case-exclusive-8665799  WAPF

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There’s a Shocking Update in the Brett Fairly Paternity Fraud Saga

By Bernadette Giacomazzo, 05/12/2025 “…Paternity fraud is real, and it ruins lives. And while courts are slowly catching up to the reality of how damaging it can be, the fact that the architect of the fraud gets to walk away without consequences—and Brett’s the one sitting in jail—is a reminder that we still have a

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Paternity Fraud is Serious and Widespread, But Incidents May Go Unpunished

By SAVE, 05/15/2025 “…In the past, the fraud was usually “just” a lie. In recent years, however, we are seeing some women go to extreme lengths to perpetrate paternity fraud, including forging documents and pictures…” Read the entire article: https://www.saveservices.org/2025/05/paternity-fraud-is-serious-and-widespread-but-incidents-often-go-unpunished/ WAPF

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The Case for Ending Paternity Fraud

By Dianna Thompson   Establishing paternity is fundamental to protecting the rights and well-being of children. Every child deserves the opportunity to know their biological father and to develop meaningful, loving relationships with both sides of their family whenever it is safe and appropriate. Legal establishment of paternity provides important protections for both children and

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Paternity Fraud Hurts Kids and Dads—Tennessee is Leading the Way to Make it a Crime

By Laurie A. Couture.   Paternity fraud harms children, biological fathers, and unmarried men who are deceptively extorted for money to pay child support for children who they did not sire. This fraud occurs when the mother of a child puts the name of a man on the birth certificate that she knows is not,

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