A MAN from Bulawayo was on Friday ordered to continue
paying maintenance after paternity tests proved that he was the father of a
seven-week-old child.
Mr Kidwell Sigauke doubted that he sired a son with Ms
Muchaneta Mpofu. Mr Sigauke in February paid $50 as maintenance for the minor
and he asked the magistrate, Mr Tinashe Tashaya, for paternity tests to be
conducted as he doubted that the child was his.
Tests revealed he was the father and Ms Sigauke demanded
that money for maintenance be varied from $50 to $150.
“Sigauke left me while l was pregnant. I tried contacting
him on his phone but he had blocked my number. I later had a boyfriend but l
was already pregnant when l met the new man.
“I don’t want anything but his support for our son,” said
Ms Mpofu. Mr Sigauke said he was right to doubt the child’s paternity
because his relationship with Ms Mpofu ended before he even knew she was
pregnant.
“I had my doubts when she told her workmates that she was
pregnant but it was not mine and we had gone for months without being intimate.
“Now that the
paternity results are out and l’m the father I will give her the money she
wants to help her take care of our child,” he said.
The magistrate ordered Mr Sigauke to pay $150 as
maintenance into Ms Mpofu’s account with effect from the end of the month until
the child turns 18 or is able to take care of himself. Chronicle
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