Overview
- A 43-year-old who posed at a court-ordered paternity test was convicted and fined at the Amtsgericht in Dillingen an der Donau.
- The 37-year-old alleged father failed to appear for trial, prompting the judge to issue an arrest warrant and note €8,655 in unpaid maintenance.
- The deception came to light when the family court sent the test report with a photo of the attendee to the child's mother, who recognized the substitute.
- Investigators say the alleged father procured a forged passport bearing the stand-in’s photo, leading to an initially negative DNA result.
- Both men face charges of document forgery and attempted fraud, with proceedings against the absent defendant pending enforcement of the warrant.