In a landmark case, the woman’s former boyfriend only has to pay out for one of the twins after she had s*x with another man, who fathered one of the twins.
A new mum gave birth to twins – who have two different fathers.
The incredible case was revealed after the woman, identified only as
T.M., named her current boyfriend as
the father of her twins.
But T.M. admitted before maternity papers were signed that she had
actually slept with a different man a week after she believed she
conceived with her boyfriend.
A paternity test was carried out and it was revealed that the two men had each fathered one of the twins, who are now toddlers.
Now the woman’s original partner only has to pay out child support for one of the children.
Passaic County Judge Sohail Mohammad made the ruling in the paternity case on Monday, the New Jersey Law Journal reported.
Paternity tests showed the woman’s former boyfriend was almost
certainly the father of one twin – but wasn’t the father of the other.
Now he only has to pay out $28 – around £18 – per week for his daughter.
Judge Mohammad said he found just two other court cases of a woman
giving birth to twins from separate dads, which occurs in one out of
every 13,000 reported paternity cases involving twins.
It seems medically impossible, but a woman can give birth to twins
with two fathers when she has s*x with two different men in the same
week.
In a process known as heteropaternal superfecundation, the rare
incident occurs when a woman releases two eggs during her menstrual
cycle and different men fertilise one egg each.
It is a more common occurrence when the same dad fertilises two eggs during separate incidences of s*x.
Amazingly, it is also possible for a woman to give birth to twins who
have been conceived weeks or even months apart, if she continues to
ovulate even after she has become pregnant, in a process called
superfetation.
It is claimed that superfetation is common in some species of animals, but is extremely rare in humans.
In 2009, Todd and Julia Grovenburg of Fort Smith, Arkansas, conceived
an additional child while already pregnant with a baby conceived two
and a half weeks earlier.
Both healthy babies were delivered through Caesarean section on
December 2, 2009, when Julia, 33, became one of only 11 women ever
reported to conceive while already pregnant.
“It’s common knowledge and written down in medical books that you can’t get pregnant while already pregnant,” Julia said.
“But somehow, after years of trying to conceive, I became the exception to the rule – getting pregnant twice in two weeks.”
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