The AP reports on U.S. District Judge David Lawson’s dismissal of the lawsuit filed to declare Matthew Dubay’s child support obligation to Lauren Wells, his ex-girlfriend, unconstitutional (excerpt):
But Lawson disagreed and rejected Dubay’s argument that Michigan’s paternity law violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause.
“The fundamental flaw in Dubay’s claim is that he fails to see that the state played no role in the conception or birth of the child in this case, or in the decisions that resulted in the birth of the child,” Lawson wrote.