title: [Evolution of Supreme Court settlements relating to DNA evidence in paternity investigations].
abstract: The evolution of Supreme Court settlements relating to DNA evidence in paternity investigations was presented in this paper. It was found that its opinions have essentially changed during the last years as follows: 1) superiority of DNA evidence over other proof was perceived by the possibility of positive paternity confirmation, 2) attention has been turned to advisability of statistical analysis and its possible positive influence on emotional ties between parents and child, 3) opinion has been expressed about crossing of borders of free judicial estimations in cases of questioning DNA expertise, 4) attention has been turned to the possibility of utilisation of other tissues than blood or indirect genotyping.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej AM w łodzi. J.Berent@eranet.pl
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berent
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacewicz
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szram
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D010334:Paternity; D011044:Poland