A man who mixed his sperm with his father’s to conceive his child should not be forced to take a paternity test, according to a court ruling in Britain. The Supreme Court decided this on Thursday, reports the British news agency PA.
The man had problems with his fertility and could not afford artificial insemination. He and his partner decided to introduce her to a mixture of his sperm and his father’s sperm.
The family can decide for themselves about the test
A local government discovered the circumstances and wanted to enforce a paternity test. The court rejected the request: the family had to decide for themselves whether they wanted to take a test and tell the child about the results later.
The judge said the five-year-old boy “could suffer emotional harm” if he found out how he was conceived, Sky News reported. “The desire to protect the public interest in maintaining accurate birth records does not constitute a personal interest in deciding such a request,” he continued.
But he also recognized a dilemma: “Without testing, his biological paternity remains uncertain, but there is a good chance, to say the least, that the person he thinks is his grandfather is his biological father and that the person he thinks he is his grandfather.” his grandfather is his biological father, his father considers him his biological half-brother.”
Source: Krone
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