Perhaps the only good thing to come out of this whole stupid Anna Nichole Smith case will be that DNA-determined paternity will become the ONLY standard for paternity. I acknowledge that Bahamanian case law would not set any US precedents, but the general public following the ANS case has become quite familiar now with the idea that the law does not always follow the scientific evidence.
It's my hope that laws can be passed that will recognize that we have new positive ways of discerning fatherhood, without relying on the pre-DNA traditions of the past. Would it be asking too much to require mandatory DNA testing on every baby born?
Too much for me, thanks - I have no interest in registering my DNA, or that of my kids, in some federal database.
Databanks.