Interesting decision - probably good appeal fodder. There's a basis for the judge's decision in law in the sense that the man acted as the twins' father for years and was, in all senses other than biology, their father. But it seems another civil law principle should be relevant too: that a person cannot be accountable for a failure to enforce their rights unless they could have known their rights were infringed, or that they suffered damaged. Unless a reasonable man would have had a paternity test done earlier, it doesn't seem fair that he should be held responsible for caring for children he has now discovered aren't his.
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