The paternity test utilization as a judicial proof in the court of southern minas gerais

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the realization of paternity tests through the use of DNA, which began to be divulged in Brazilian media in the late twentieth century, through popular television programs and promoted their use in different social strata of Brazil. The research portrayed that the exam was already studied in the scientific milieu since the middle of the last century. The objective of this work was to investigate the types of DNA tests performed and if there is probative for the Court of Southern Minas Gerais. For this construct the research took an exploratory, descriptive profile, through a research script, investigating, describing and analyzing the data and approaches of the registry chiefs in 30% of the south of Minas Gerais civil varas. In the end, the research found the predominance of the paternity test through DNA and, further, that it has helped significantly as a probative means in the civil courts of the South of Minas Gerais.

Keywords: Biological Expertise. Genetic Analyzes. Heredity. Family Right.