Overview
- The Juzgado de Primera Instancia de Ourense ruled on 11 September that a 35-year-old is the legal son of a businessman who died in 2011, clearing the way to claim the estate.
- Private detectives collected saliva the presumed paternal grandfather spat on a street in November 2022 and delivered it under chain of custody for genetic testing.
- The Pontevedra clinical genetics lab reported approximately 99.9% compatibility consistent with a grandfather–grandson relationship.
- The court noted the grandfather ignored three summonses to provide a DNA sample and cited jurisprudence allowing paternity findings when a defendant refuses testing.
- The sentence orders the grandfather to pay legal costs and is open to appeal before the Audiencia Provincial de Ourense.