Cape Town man challenges paternity ruling in SCA despite DNA evidence.
A Cape Town man has launched an application in the Supreme Court of Appeal seeking special leave to challenge a Western Cape High Court judgment that affirmed a lower court's finding that he is the biological father of the child.
The man, whose identity is being withheld to protect the child's privacy, filed the application after his appeal was dismissed by the Western Cape High Court in November 2025.
Acting Judge Andrew Morrisey, with Judge Andre Le Grange concurring, ruled that the man had failed to overturn an earlier maintenance court decision that found he was the father of the child.
The core substantive of the man’s appeal rests on how the lower courts handled scientific DNA evidence and the statutory presumptions of paternity.
