The following case illustrates that a father who pays maintenance under the impression that he is the natural father of a child may not have a claim to sue the mother of the child to repay the maintenance when he eventually finds out through a paternity DNA test that he is not the natural father of the child.
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As a Family Law attorney I do get a lot of cases where paternity is denied, especially when maintenance responsibilities comes into play.South African law acknowledges three kinds of blood tests to determine paternity, these are:
