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By RUTH PADAWER
DNA testing has led more men to discover that their children are not biologically theirs. Families are upended, and so is the law.
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11.22.2009
Horacio Salinas for The New York Times
Tanner Pruitt holding a plaster handprint of his daughter. After divorcing the girl’s mother, he paid child support for years before a DNA test revealed that he was not the biological father. He has subsequently received full custody of the girl.
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