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By Ventures 07/28/2015 \”In an article that recently resurfaced, originally published two years ago, a DNA expert said three out of 10 Nigerian men are not the biological fathers of their children. The article no doubt caught the attention of many. And though the authenticity of the statement remains in question, it certainly provoked a conversation, and surely, […]

By Medical X press 07/27/2015 \”A new pilot study from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oxford has shown how important the support from grandparents could be in protecting against child obesity. According to the study, published in Pediatric Obesity, emotional support from grandparentsmay have a preventative effect against child obesity, even with the presence of other risk factors. …\”

By Connecticut Law Tribune 07/27/2015 \”When David DiMichele was married, his wife gave birth to two children. He raised them as his own for 10 years, only to eventually find out that his wife\’s former boss was the biological father. That revelation gave rise to a five-year court battle between the husband, the wife and

By Daily Mail 07/25/2015 \”Absent fathers suspected of faking paternity tests to avoid paying child maintenance will have their DNA checked against police records in a new crackdown. Officials fear there is a growing trend of ‘deadbeat dads’ trying to get out of supporting their families by fraudulently denying they are the father of their

By Ancestry \”When billionaire media producer Oprah Winfrey took a DNA test for the PBS show African American Lives a few years back, she learned that her DNA had three exact matches — with the Kpelle people, who lived in western Africa in what’s now Liberia; the Bamileke people in Cameroon; and a Bantu-speaking tribe in Zambia.

By Barkus Law 07/20/2015 \”Earlier this month R&B singer Chris Brown was reported to have filed a paternity suit to claim legal rights to his daughter Royalty. The reason, according to media reports, is because he wants to go to court and clear the air once and for all over custody and child support for

By Pulse.ng 07/17/2015 \”An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between an accountant, Onome Agbudge, and his wife, Grace, over children’s paternity. In his judgment, the Court President, Mr Olu Adebiyi, said since efforts to reconcile the couple proved abortive, he had no option than to dissolve the union. He held that the \”Continuous

By cjonline.com 07/17/2015 \”The Kansas Supreme Court has refused a request that it remove Shawnee County District Judge Mary Mattivi from the case involving William Marotta’s donation of sperm in a plastic cup to a Topeka same-sex couple. State judicial records show the high court, in a five-sentence statement issued June 26, denied motions filed

By The Chronicle of Social Change 07/16/2015 \”A California law passed this week limits the extent to which paternity status can halt adoption proceedings. Assembly Bill 1049, signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday, clarifies a judge’s ability to consider an offer or refusal to sign a voluntary declaration of paternity as

By The National Review 07/15/2015 \”A student at the University of Kansas was expelled because he called his ex-girlfriend a “psycho b[****]” on Twitter — despite the fact that he didn’t use her name in the post. The case is currently before the Kansas Court of Appeals. According to the school’s lawyers, Navid Yeasin’s expulsion