1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The German parliament has passed a law providing a legal framework for men to request tests to establish paternity.
The law, passed Friday by the Bundestag, provides men with a method of requesting a paternity test without approval from the child's mother or a formal legal challenge, Deutsche Welle reported Friday.
The new law also allows men to retain their paternal rights regardless of the test's outcome.
German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said the law comes at a time when an estimated 20,000 secret DNA tests are taken each year to establish paternity. He said the tests are problematic because they are not recognized by the country's legal system.
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection Peter Schaar praised the legislation as a "sensible balance serving the interests of the child, mother and father."
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The bomb attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia were the work of Israel itself, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
|
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An expert on the Middle Ages said the idea behind current entertainment such as ABC-TV's "The Bachelorette," originated hundreds of years ago.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
Women, Liberal Democrats favor Valentine's … $55,000 cupcake comes with diamond ring … 400-year-old witchcraft trial reopened … Survey: Many Swedes believe in ghosts … Watercooler stories from UPI.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
