Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical twin fathered a child
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“A woman who had sex with identical twins within four days of each other is unable to ensure one of them takes parental responsibility because it is 'not possible' to know which is the father”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about parental responsibility determination.
“One of the twins was registered as the father on the birth certificate of the child, referred to as P”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the birth certificate registration claim.
“DNA testing has revealed either of the twins could be the father, it cannot distinguish between them so there is a 50% chance of the correct father being already on the birth certificate”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the DNA testing limitations claim.
“The twin on the birth register will no longer have parental responsibility until the court hears further arguments”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the court proceedings impact on parental responsibility.
“Currently the truth of P’s paternity is that their father is one or other of these two identical twins, but it is not possible to say which”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the paternity uncertainty claim.
“It is possible, indeed likely, that by the time P reaches maturity it may be possible for science to identify one father and exclude the other twin”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the future scientific identification claim.
“Judge Madeleine Reardon previously found that 'both brothers had had sex' with the woman 'within four days of each other in the month when P was conceived'”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the Judge Reardon's findings about conception timing.
“The first twin 'was not entitled' to be registered as the father and that any parental responsibility he had as a result 'shall cease'”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the termination of parental responsibility for the first twin.
“The failure to prove a fact means that that fact is not proved, it does not mean that the contrary is proved”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the court's distinction between unproven facts and their opposites.
“It would be for a lower court to determine 'either, both or neither of the twins should now be granted parental responsibility'”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the lower court's authority over parental responsibility decisions.
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