August 21, 2008
Tulsa resident Micheal Thomas and Lawton, Oklahoma, resident Tiffany Dickson say they've never even met each other. But Dickson told officials that the father of her child was named Michael and his last name might be Thomas. That apparently was enough for them to go after Micheal Thomas. The state Department of Human Resources hounded him and his mother for almost three years, taking money from his paychecks and seizing his tax refunds, even though two different DNA tests showed he wasn't the father.
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