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DNA and inheritance claims in Italy

Posted by on Nov 2, 2016 in LEGAL UPDATES, SUCCESSION LAW UPDATES

DNA profiling is now a widely used method to convict the perpetrator of a crime to a high degree of accuracy. Yet, despite its newfound dramatic appeal, it was originally developed as a means to provide genetic evidence of paternity as early as the mid-1970s; this assessment, known as HLA testing, was a powerful, if problematic, tool to identify biological...

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New law on Legitimate and Illegitimate Children

Posted by on Jan 16, 2014 in FAMILY LAW UPDATES

LEGAL UPDATE BY Jessica Zama 15th January 2014: New Regulations in Italy, (Legge 10 December 2012, n. 219) which came into force on 1 January 2014, effectively remove all legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate (i.e. born out of wedlock) children, as well as with adopted children. Any references which make these distinctions will be removed...

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