Credibilidad de expertos en pruebas de paternidad

Explicación Simple

La ley dice que un jurado decide si un experto es confiable. Si el jurado no cree en el experto, los resultados de la prueba de paternidad no cuentan tanto como otras pruebas.

Es como cuando en un partido de fútbol, el árbitro tiene que decidir si un gol fue válido. Si no está seguro de la jugada, puede que no cuente, aunque el jugador diga que fue gol.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan y Ana están en un juicio de divorcio y hay pruebas de ADN. Si el experto que presentó los resultados no parece confiable, el jurado puede decidir que esos resultados no son suficientes para probar que Juan no es el padre, y pueden basarse en otros testimonios.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Credibility of expert is question for jury. - O.C.G.A. § 19-7-49 plainly requires the jury to determine whether the expert presenting the test results is credible. Until the jury makes the decision that the tests were properly conducted and that the expert presenting the results testified truthfully, the test results are not entitled to any greater deference than any other evidence of paternity. Howard v. Howard, 258 Ga. 846 , 375 S.E.2d 852 (1989). Test results not binding on jury. - In divorce action, the issue of parentage is to be decided by the jury, and the fact that a human leukocyte antigen typing test concluded that the alleged father could not be the biological father of the child was not conclusive on the question of parentage; thus, the jury decision finding paternity could not be overturned on appeal. Jackson v. Jackson, 253 Ga. 576 , 322 S.E.2d 725 (1984). When the jury was instructed in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 19-7-49(c) , and there was at least some basis upon which the jurors could have discounted the results of the prior testing as being unreliable, the jurors were authorized to reject those test results and to rely instead on the other evidence tending to show that the defendant was the child's father. Williamson v. Ward, 192 Ga. App. 857 , 386 S.E.2d 727 (1989). Paternity disproven pursuant to subsection (b).