Farhat Hussain Mirza, Pervaiz Ahmed Makhdoom.
Role of DNA - Finger Printing in Disputed Paternity.
Med Channel Jan ;7(3):35-6.

The majority of cases regarding Disputed Paternity arise in the context of affiliation orders, divorce proceedings and questioned legitimacy. In our setting paternity is decided in cases of inheritance, gaurdianship, maintenance, legitimacy, adultery or fornication. In law courts of Pakistan disputed paternity is decided on evidence of parties, marriage, date of birth, living together of spouses and in rare cases by medical evidence and tests. On interviewing judges 1 have found that upto now only few cases have been filed in Court of Pakistan for deciding paternity, as compared to this in United States about 285,000 paternity suits are filed each year and out of these 60,000 are of disputed paternity, it is the lack of awareness of importance of establishing paternity which is responsible for no definite format to be followed in cases of Disputed Paternity in Pakistan. There is an innate reluctance to do something which may be to the disadvantage of a child. However the best interest of a child can only be secured if the truth relating to the parents are as certained.

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