Appellate Court Upholds DNA Testing

In a break with its prior decision, the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department of New York State Supreme Court held today that posthumous DNA testing may be permitted when the applicant provides some evidence that the decedent openly and notoriously acknowledged the nonmartial child as his own, and establishes that DNA testing is reasonable and practicable under the totality of the circumstances. Matter of George Poldrugovaz.