I'm going to look at history (like I did with the silver thread), and not project some fantasy future (like glad's doing with the silver thread), and say glad fucks this all up. Goes in falls in love with the baby, signs everything, tells his ex in front of witnesses he knows it's his kid, looks just like him, etc. Makes promises to pay and be in his life, all in front of her family.
A couple of years later another guy gets the paternity test done and turns out it's his kid. Glad is stuck paying.