I have no clue what this article has to do with hacker news to be honest. Skimming through the article the jurisdiction in this case seems plausible to me:
"""the court ruled that the state's interest in ensuring parental support for the young child — "the only truly innocent party" — outweighed its interest in protecting juveniles"""
It becomes easier to morally wrestle with questions about the fairness of child support payments in various cases, when you realize that the central question is about providing justice (aka, financial stability) to the child — not to the mother, and not to the father.
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