In the Pinsk region, a father of many children stopped paying child support due to doubts about paternity and became a defendant in a criminal case.
A genetic test was carried out and the man's doubts were confirmed.
This was reported by the press service of the State Forensic Expertise Committee for the Brest Region.
A woman contacted the Pinsk District enforcement authorities and reported that her ex-husband had not paid child support for their three children since 2023.
Until this time, the man had been supporting them financially for 4 years, the State Forensic Examination Committee said.
A criminal case was opened against the 48-year-old man. During interrogation, he explained that he stopped paying alimony due to doubts about paternity.
Genetic testing ruled out the man's paternity of two children. Relationship to one child was confirmed.