Smith approved the paternity test during a hearing in December, but didn't make the order official until Wednesday. The accuser gave birth to a girl last week at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, a person ...

The Kerala High Court recently held that a Registrar of Births and Deaths has no authority to unilaterally alter the paternity details in a birth certificate where the child was born during a ...

Merely because a man suspects his wife of adultery does not become a ground to make their minor child undergo a DNA test to determine paternity, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has said.

The Bombay High Court quashed a family court's DNA test order for a child, stressing such tests can't be based on mere suspicion and must prioritize the minor's rights and emotional well-being.