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In France and Germany they banned paternity tests https://www.irishtimes.com/news/french-men-s-insecurity-over-paternity-of-offspring-creating-a-society-of-dou

• Semaphor 8y ago
  > On May 15th, the German Bundesrat adopted a similar measure. Not sure what this is talking about, but DNA Paternity tests are most certainly legal in Germany there is even a right to have one done: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__1598a.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__1598a.html edit: So I checked, what happened is that Germany banned genetic tests where there is no consent from the party a sample was taken from. In the case of a paternity test where the father, mother or child is unwilling, a court can instead force the test as knowing paternity has been decided to be a constitutional right.
  • solidsnack9000 8y ago
    Auf Antrag eines Klärungsberechtigten hat das Familiengericht eine nicht erteilte Einwilligung zu ersetzen und die Duldung einer Probeentnahme anzuordnen. Upon a right-of-clarification request, the family court may substitute for consent not given and order submission to a test sample.