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President orders disclosure of DNA profile to ascertain paternity (High Court)

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President orders disclosure of DNA profile to ascertain paternity (High Court)

In Re Z (Children) [2014] EWHC 1999 (Fam), Munby P. considered whether a DNA profile obtained from a crime scene should be disclosed to ascertain paternity of a man who asserted he was the children's father but refused to provide a DNA sample to prove it. The man was in prison, having murdered the children's mother.

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Resource ID 9-571-7605
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Published on 19-Jun-2014
Resource Type Legal update: case report
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