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Not surprised it happened in France, they are much more of a nanny state (in good and bad ways) when it comes to parenting. Like the fact that paternity tests are banned unless you have a court order, etc.

>>cm2012+(OP)
Can’t you just get a paternity test online? Otherwise that’s an insane situation, do they expect a dad to raise a kid that is not his?

>>huyter+N1
It's not insane. Genetic lineage is the least important factor in whether or not a given kid is "yours".

>>sneak+Y3
It’s by far the most important factor. Who are you to say it isn’t?

>>cm2012+(OP)
reason.com has an entire long-running series of stories like this happening in the U.S. I've heard quite a few stories from the Netherlands. It probably happens in other countries as well.

It's an issue in many Western countries, where we've seemingly become risk-averse to the point where it's causing more harm than good.

>>huyter+N1
> Can’t you just get a paternity test online?

You can, but it's a crime, much like buying banned drugs etc.

> do they expect a dad to raise a kid that is not his?

Yes.

>>huyter+N1
> do they expect a dad to raise a kid that is not his?

You just need a court order to do a paternity test, they're not banned but regulated by law.

>>arp242+x8
Here in Norway the child protection services have been found guilty[1] of being too quick to remove children from their parents, and not letting the parents see them.

This seems to have led to the pendulum swinging too much in the opposite direction, where they now seemingly force foster kids to meet their biological parents against the kid's will[2]...

[1]: https://rett24.no/articles/norge-felt-i-ni-nye-barnevernsake...

[2]: https://www.nrk.no/norge/mener-fosterbarn-presses-til-skadel...

>>sneak+Y3
I think this is the most bizarre statement I've read on the internet this year. And this is the internet.