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DNA tests can't change paternity: high court

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The Supreme Court ruled July 17 that the results of DNA tests are not enough to revoke the paternity of a child even if they disprove any biological relation to its assumed father.

The court said DNA tests can’t change the paternity status under the Civil Code, which stipulates that a child conceived by a wife during marriage is presumed to be the child of her husband.

“There is a need to make the child’s legal status stable” even if DNA tests say otherwise, the court’s First Petty Bench said in a statement. (Kyodo)

DNA 鑑定で血縁なしでも「父子」、最高裁

DNA 鑑定で血縁関係がないと証明された場合の法律上の父子関係をめぐる訴訟で、最高裁は７月17日、父子関係を取り消すことはできないという判決を下した。

The Japan Times ST: August 1, 2014