The Zanesville Times Recorder reported recently that an Ohio man forced to pay child support for more than 20 years for a child that was not his will receive all of the child support back from the state.
Jonathan Sims married in 1982, and shortly thereafter his wife gave birth to a child. By 1984, however, the couple were divorced and Sims submitted blood tests to a variety of agencies and his attorney that proved he was not the biological father of the child.
Due to an error, however, by the time paperwork was filed with the state to dispute paternity, Ohio and already toughened its child support laws and forced him to pay child support even though he was not actually the parent of the child.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will end up reimbursing Sims for $10,144.44.
Source:
Man receives child support payback after 20-plus years. Brian Gadd, Zanesville Times (Ohio), September 7, 2003.