According to what the court described as “overwhelming and credible evidence,” Derrick Williams refused to acknowledge that he was the father of Lisa Farmer’s unborn child, or have any contact with Farmer. Then he learned that she’d been awarded $150,000 after being in a car accident that claimed the life of the fetus. Then he decided that he really was a deeply devoted sort of dad after all and claimed half the money. Eventually the Mississippi Supreme Court told him to get lost. (“Mississippi gets it right” (editorial), Chicago Tribune, Aug. 10).
Opportunistic dad sent packing
According to what the court described as “overwhelming and credible evidence,” Derrick Williams refused to acknowledge that he was the father of Lisa Farmer’s unborn child, or have any contact with Farmer. Then he learned that she’d been awarded $150,000 after being in a car accident that claimed the life of the fetus. Then he […]
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