The last decade has seen a number of cases addressing the admissibility of DNA evidence and the need for statutory reform in cases involving the rights of nonmarital children to inherit from their father’s estate. Recently, Surrogate Preminger, in Estate of Bonanno, The New York Law Journal, April 22, 2002, at 21, col. 1, reiterated the “need for clarification of the instances in which DNA results are admissible into evidence and the weight they are to be given in estate proceedings.”
This article briefly recounts the history of case law in this area[1]� , discusses pending legislation to revise applicable statutes and looks into issues raised by Bonanno regarding the admissibility of posthumous DNA testing and the availability of material for such testing.
