Paternity fraud can be as innocent as a true misunderstanding as to who is the father of her child causing the mother to perpetrate a falsehood about the child's biological father's identity. However, in other cases, a mother may deliberately withhold information that fraudulently misleads both the child and the man believing him to be the child's father. Briefly provide some of these misleading
reasons a mother may give to hide the true identity of her child's father.
What will be an ideal response?
Students may choose reasons given in the textbook
a) Issues with the circumstances of conception such as rape;
b) History of abuse by the child's father and fear for future safety of either the child or her, or both
c) If married, the fear of jeopardizing marital harmony and financial stability if an adulterous relationship is revealed
d) Mother may want to place the child up for adoption and does not want interference by the biological father
e) Mother may have succumbed to pressure to name a father to receive public assistance
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