Men querying paternity ‘is an unfair weapon’

Judge makes comment after man stopped paying maintenance and demanded DNA test be carried out

Men querying paternity ‘is an unfair weapon’

A judge has said that men questioning the paternity of babies and demanding DNA tests “is an unfair weapon to pull out” in child maintenance cases.

Judge Patrick Durcan made his comment at the Family Law Court in Ennis where a man has stopped paying maintenance for a baby boy after questioning if he is the father or not and demanding that a DNA test be carried out to determine paternity.

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