Can a married couple where the wife is not Jewish get permission for paternity testing for a child she bears ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 07 June, 2022Yes, providing the family court considers that testing would not be against the child’s good, and that no risk of illegitimacy would be involved. Where the husband and wife are Jewish, courts will not allow paternity testing because it would risk the child being labelled as a bastard , or ‘Mamzer’, in Jewish law.