Supporting a ‘jacket’
Aman who lives in Canada says he wants answers in relation to a child he has to be supporting although there is the possibility that he is not the father.
He says all his relatives have been telling him that the child is not his, but he did not believe them so he kept sending money to maintain the child.
“When I came to Jamaica this year to visit my relatives and my child, I nearly fainted,” the man said.
“This child bears no resemblance to be and it is obvious that someone else is the father.
“I confronted the mother about the situation and she began crying. She is adamant that she has never been with anyone else.
“However, my relatives and friends who live in the district says she is not telling the truth. I spent four weeks when I came, but I feel very uncomfortable sending money to her when deep down I feel the child is not mine.
“The child is now three years old and I left Jamaica about a month before the child was born and was returning this year for the first time. I have two other children with another woman and I can clearly see that those are my children.
“I was really in love with the mother of the three-year-old child and was planning to send for them to join me. I am confused since I have seen the child. My relatives and friends have been telling me since the child was born that I got a ‘jacket’, but I just thought they were saying those things because they did not like the mother.
“It has been rough for me since I got back to Canada and many nights I cannot sleep. How can a woman who I have been so kind and loving to do such a thing to me? I just feel that I cannot trust another woman. She is not working at the moment, but out of the goodness of my heart I still send money to her on a monthly basis.
“I need answers in relation to the situation because the thought that the child is not mine is really turning my life upside down. One of my friends suggested that I should get a DNA test to satisfy myself and then I could adopt the child. Right now, I am really confused and just don’t know what to do because I am still in love with the mother”, he said.
The only way to satisfy yourself as to the paternity of the child is to do a DNA test. The result is the only legal means accepted by the court when there is a challenge to paternity.