Judge Insists Man Pay $30K In Child Support For Kid Who Is Not His

WXYZ.com
Feb. 18, 2015

(WXYZ) - It is a story that inspired outrage.

Carnell Alexander says he got a shock during a traffic stop in Detroit in the early 1990s. The officer told him he is a deadbeat dad, and that he was under arrest.

The problem? Carnell didn’t have any kids.

He’d been made dad by default after an ex listed him as father when applying for welfare benefits. According to documents filed with the court, a process server claimed to have given Carnell Alexander, in person, a notice of hearing at a house he once lived at. It is something that wasn’t possible. Carnell wasn’t at that house on the date he was allegedly served. He was incarcerated for a crime he committed as a young man.

“How can you start a case with a lie?” asked Carnell. “The mom lied. The process server lied. Now I have to pay for it."

On Tuesday, he went to the Third Judicial Circuit Court, hoping a judge would fix it.

Instead, his story inspired a different kind of outrage.

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