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Remains of Bahraini man to be exhumed for tests
The remains of a Bahraini man who died in 2006 will be exhumed for a paternity test in the first legal verdict of its kind, a lawyer said.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:46 August 13, 2008
Manama: The remains of a Bahraini man who died in 2006 will be exhumed for a paternity test in the first legal verdict of its kind, a lawyer said.
The Higher Sharia Court [Shiite Directorate] chaired by Judge Shaikh Nasser Al Asfoor ordered early this week for the exhumation to take place after formalities were finalised.
The judge also ordered for a DNA test to be carried out by the Forensic Science Department on the remains of the man, lawyer Abdullah Al Shamlawi told Gulf News yesterday.
In 2004, the man allegedly married a woman without telling his children from the first marriage and had a baby boy in the same year. When he passed away two years ago, his family refused to accept that the baby was their father's. "The main problem is that the marriage contract was not registered with the authority so in official papers, the man never got married to his second wife or had a baby with her," he said. He highlighted how the problem was further complicated when the family rejected the baby boy.
Al Shamlawi has been defending the woman, in order for her to be acknowledged officially as the wife of the deceased.
"This is the first case ever in which a judge in Bahrain orders for an exhumation ... that shows the impartiality of the judiciary system," he said. "If the paternity test proves positive, then the boy will officially become a member of the family with rights," he said.
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