The claimant sought a declaration of parentage in respect of a child under the 1986 Act, saying that he was not the father. Directions were given for a company to take samples, but instead the company requested the various parties to attend their own doctors for the samples to be taken. The parties disputed the validity of the chain of custody of the samples.
Held: The service may be adequate when parties wish to undertake private checks of paternity, but that was not what the court had ordered. The case would require adjournment for further evidence.
Holman J
[2013] EWHC 806 (Fam)
Bailii
Family Law Act 1986 55A
England and Wales
Children, Evidence
Updated: 26 January 2022; Ref: scu.472577
