What can you say in this situation?

WOMAN: "Yes, Your Honor. He should take responsibility."

JUDGE: "Responsibility for which child?"

WOMAN: "My child, Your Honor."

JUDGE: "Is he the biological father?

WOMAN: No, but we were together when I got pregnant."

JUDGE: "I’m sorry… what?"

WOMAN: "We were dating at the time. I believe he should help me raise the child."

JUDGE: "You believe? Ma’am, is he the father of this child?"

WOMAN: "I don’t know who the father is."

JUDGE: "You don’t know who the father is, but you know who you want to pay?"

WOMAN: "Your Honor, he was my boyfriend. He should have been there for me."

Judge: "Being your boyfriend doesn’t automatically make him the father of your child. Did he agree to adopt the child?"

WOMAN: "No."

JUDGE: "Did he sign any legal document accepting parental responsibility?"

WOMAN: No, but I thought he would stand by me."

Judge: "Standing by you and being legally responsible for a child are two completely different things. You can’t simply walk into this courtroom and name your ex-boyfriend as the father because you don’t know who the biological father is."

WOMAN: "So you’re saying he has no responsibility at all?"

JUDGE: "I’m saying you need to establish a legal basis for that responsibility. A relationship isn’t a paternity test, ma’am!"

WOMAN: "But I need financial support!"

JUDGE: "And I understand that. But the court can’t turn your ex-boyfriend into a father simply because the real father is unknown."

WOMAN: "That’s unfair!"

*JUDGE: "What’s unfair is expecting someone to pay for a child he didn’t father, without a legal basis. Hearing adjourned!"*