Citing possible humiliation, Federal Court overturns order for teen to undergo DNA test in paternity case

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PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — A married couple won their appeal in the Federal Court to set aside a Court of Appeal ruling to compel a teenager to undergo a Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)...

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“The very act of making C do the DNA test is in itself damaging, disrupting her status quo and putting into question the only reality she has known for the past 15 and half years that D1 and D2 are her parents.“She may be exposed to odium and humiliation if found to be born out of her mother’s extramarital affair and hence an illegitimate child,” she said.

It was over a suit filed in November 2015 against the couple by a man claiming to be the biological father of the girl who was born in 2008 seeking a court order to compel the teenager to undergo a DNA test to determine her paternity. In 2021, the High Court ruled in favour of the man and ordered a DNA test be conducted on the teenager to establish her paternity, ruling that the court has the power to order such a test in the best interest of the child.

 

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