Baby daddy

By S. Newman Spenzer

Subjects: Fatherhood, Legal stories, Fiction, Paternity

Description: Seventeen-year-old Deshawn Margray's world is thrown into turmoil when he is named the defendant in a paternity suit following a reckless sexual encounter with a woman he barely knows. He is desperate to conceal his plight from his mother, a single parent with dreams for her son who is struggling to support them both. Torn between fleeing and facing the nightmarish legal process alone, Deshawn tries to navigate his way through a hostile and incomprehensible court system. Crushed by a callous judiciary and a devastating personal loss, Deshawn is finally driven to his breaking point, and a physical confrontation with an insufferable child support collection worker ensues. The altercation serendipitously leads him to an unexpected discovery that permanently alters his life.