This is an incident which happened to someone I know. His wife, whom he was living with wanted more money and filed a claim. She kept the court papers a secret and told him on the morning of. Well now he had to go or they would probably make judgement without him. In hindsight maybe she should have left him at home.
So they walk in there together and they go to see the clerk. She does all the work. Now it’s his turn. He looks at the papers and studies for a bit. Then he says, “that’s not me “. Well everyone was very confused especially his wife.
The court staff wouldn’t talk after that. They got into a huddle and were whispering. All he could make out was “but we can’t”. That was it. They couldn’t proceed.
His wife was very angry on the drive home. She couldn’t figure out what he had done and he wasn’t talking but she was blaming his father for putting him up to it. That’s how easy it is to deny the name. He had learned something from our talks and it got him out of a tight spot.
Once you deny the name you have nothing to prove. They cannot demand you prove it is not you. That would be absurd. Proving a negative.