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38 Loy. L. Rev. 425 (1992-1993)
DNA and Dads: Considerations for Louisiana in Using DNA Blood Tests to Determine Paternity

handle is hein.journals/loyolr38 and id is 439 raw text is: COMMENTS DNA AND DADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR LOUISIANA IN USING DNA BLOOD TESTS TO DETERMINE PATERNITY The purpose of paternity testing is to provide a clear, objective and detached opinion-based on scientific data-as to whether a partic- ular man is the actual, biological father of a particular child. As such, the purpose is to help-to ensure, in effect-that justice is fair and without bias.' I. INTRODUCTION Even though in Louisiana, the husband of the mother is pre- sumed to be the father of all children born or conceived during the marriage,2 many illegitimate children are born in this state each year. State law favors legitimation, and Louisiana adheres to its strong policy of protecting innocent children born during marriage against attacks of paternity.' However, many rights and obliga- tions arise once the parent-child relationship is established, whether legitimate or illegitimate, and today, the sources of those rights and obligations are roughly the same.4 1. NEVILLE J. BRYANT, DISPUTED PATERNITY: THE VALUE AND APPLICATION OF BLOOD TESTS at vii (1980). 2. LA. CIv. CODE art. 184 (West Supp. 1992). 3. Jacob v. Jacob, 417 So. 2d 1367, 1369 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1982). 4. 2 LYNN D. WARDLE ET AL., CONTEMPORARY FAMILY LAW: PRINCIPLES, POLICY AND PRACTICE § 9:01, at 1 (1988).

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