Hero detective Frank Serpico's son dies of apparent OD in NYC home

[danny burstein]

Hero detective Frank Serpico's son dies of apparent OD in NYC home

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-frank-serpico-son-dead-app
arent-od-20210512-lm3dwcz72renddxnuiktkuvhky-story.html

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[Lenona]

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[danny burstein]

In <67c5ced5-4b90-4dba-9574-***@googlegroups.com> Lenona <***@yahoo.com> writes:

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Also, it's worth noting, unfortunately, that when he was born, his father, =
in an infamous court case, tried to refuse to support him on the grounds th=
at it was the mother's choice to have the baby, not Frank's. (At first, he =
won - but the verdict was overturned, IIRC.)
The late Village Voice columnist and NYU journalism professor Ellen Willis =
mentioned that case twice in her 1985 essay "Looking for Mr. Good Dad." You=
can read it on pages 84-89 in her book No More Nice Girls - and I think it=
's in another anthology of hers as well. While she sympathized primarily wi=
th mothers in such cases, she wrote "at the same time, yes, it's unfair to =
the Serpicos that all the men whose sexual activity hasn't happened to resu=
lt in unwanted fatherhood can say, 'Tough luck, buddy, but it's not my prob=
lem.' "

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reference's like this are why we lurve you, Lenona!

[Lenona]

Thank you.

And I need to correct something - it seems Frank never really "won" in the first place.

https://www.pasadenafamilylawfirm.com/family-law-blog/2020/december/serpico-and-his-duty-to-pay-child-support/

And from 1983 - this has interesting details near the end:

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/04/nyregion/serpico-loses-battle-over-child-support-in-court-of-appeals.html

And, from 2015, when Frank ran for office - ALL of the few comments are fascinating - some are by the author:

https://bonnierussell.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/frank-serpico-deadbeat-dad-wannabe-is-running-for-office-would-his-son-vote-for-him/

[Lenona]

Might as well throw this one in too - it's from 1981.

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/06/nyregion/paternity-suit-focuses-on-feminism-and-freedom.html

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Post by Lenona
Might as well throw this one in too - it's from 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/06/nyregion/paternity-suit-focuses-on-feminism-and-freedom.html

This was really interesting, thanks Lenona!