Practice question
A paternity laboratory is not accredited, but the proponent asks the court to evaluate documented forensic casework experience and credibility. An opponent says Rule7 imposes automatic exclusion solely for lack of accreditation. Which is correct?
- The rule requires relevant experience and credibility to be properly established when the laboratory is unaccredited
- Every unaccredited laboratory is automatically accepted
- Lack of accreditation can never be examined
- The rule supplies no inquiry beyond the laboratory name
- A laboratory’s advertisement proves credibility conclusively
Legal references
- Rule on DNA Evidence AM06-11-5-SC October2,2007: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/oct2007/am_06_11_5_sc_2007.html Sections5 and7–9.
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles172 and175; claims stipulated timely and properly brought.
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