The Drafting Committee was informed that in one case, a grand jury brought indictments for multiple counts of a scheme to defraud, tampering with physical evidence and perjury against the alleged father and the imposter. The results of genetic testing for paternity purposes appear to have no medical or predictive value in any other context. Thus, regulation of the paternity- test results is left to the states. In some states, the records of paternity proceedings are open, thus allowing anyone to obtain the results. A more comprehensive treatment on this subject must necessarily be left to other laws.

The control of the records is left to other state law. In some states paternity records are open to the public, and a fundamental change in handling of the records is beyond the scope of this Act. The accreditation agencies provide guidance on this subject. For example, the American Association of Blood Banks requires that accredited laboratories maintain records for at least five years. Because a laboratory performing testing under this Act should be accredited, see § 503(a), supra, protection is thus provided to the tested person's records under the accreditation standards.

SUBCHAPTER 6

PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

Article 1

Nature of Proceeding

§1921.__Proceeding authorized

A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. The proceeding is governed by the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure.

Comment

(This is section 601 of the UPA.)

Source: UPA (1973) § 14.

A determination of paternity is governed by the ordinary rules of civil procedure. The party seeking to establish paternity is entitled to full discovery, to compel the testimony of all witnesses, and to have the case tried by a preponderance of the evidence. "The equipoise of the private interests that are