Appeal Court dismisses Sandy’s paternity application

His application to reopen the issue of paternity was dismissed by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Sandy is seeking DNA tests on the two children ages, five and three years and according to his application, he is doubtful as to the paternity of the two minors based on documents filed in the divorce proceedings.

On September 4, of last year, Sandy, 69, vacated the family home after he was found guilty of contempt of court and was given 48 hours to comply with the order or face jail time. He was found guilty of contempt after he did not comply with a previous order made on August 17, 2015, to vacate the family home after he was served with divorce documents and having been taken to court to answer a domestic violence charge brought against him by his 29-year-old ex-wife, Candace Chang-Sandy.

After he vacated the matrimonial home, Sandy sought to challenge the paternity of the two children, claiming he was not their father.

He was also ordered by the Family Court to pay maintenance for the two children, following which he sought the order for DNA testing to be done to prove the paternity of the minors.

The order for paternity testing to be done was dismissed by the Family Court which also dismissed a further application he made for blood tests to be conducted to prove he was not the children’s father.

It was this order that Sandy, through his attorney Alvin Pascal, appealed.