Mother ordered to pay back P24,900 in child maintenance

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

PALAPYE: The magistrate court has ordered a mother to pay back maintenance fees amounting to P24,900 after the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test proved that the applicant is not the father of her child.

Oteng Lenkinya, had, since 2007, been forced to pay maintenance for Mogogi Pelaelo’s child after there was a match in the paternity blood test done in December 2002.

From 2007 to November 2014, Lenkinya, had to pay maintenance fees for the child, which over time amounted to P24,900.

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