DENVER – State Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, is scheduled to introduce legislation Monday that relieves men, who are proven not to be the father through DNA testing, from continuing to pay child support.

Senate Bill 56 is scheduled for consideration in Monday’s Judiciary Committee meeting.

“This legislation sounds like common sense,” said Mitchell. “We need to have parents as equal partners under the law, and that’s not the law now.”

During the hearing, Dylan Davis, a local man proven via DNA testing not to be a biological father, is scheduled to offer testimony on the issue. Davis is presently paying child support.

Mitchell noted that he and Davis will be available to answer inquiries from the media on the bill after the hearing

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