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Calculation of percentage of cases on file with an unnamed father in 100 one-man and 100 two-man cases (filiation cases) from South-West Germany in 1976–1981

Ratio of defendants to witnesses among non-excluded men in two-man cases

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Applying the formula of Schulte-Mönting and Hummel to 100 one-man affairs (filiation cases) in South-West Germany between 1979 and 1981 gave a realistic prior probability of paternity of 0.837±0.0372. This means that in approximately 83.7% of all one-man affairs the man named by the mother to be the father of her child is indeed the father.

For two-man affairs a realistic prior probability of paternity of 0.863±0.0369 was calculated on the basis of 100 two-man affairs in South-West Germany between 1976 and 1981. In other words, there is a probability of about 86.3% that a non-excludable man—irrespective of other factors—in a two-man affair is the real father of the child. In approximately 13.7% of two-man affairs neither the “defendant” nor the witness is the father, but a third unknown person. In about 85.7% of the two-man affairs in which a father of the child was named the “defendant” is in fact the father and in 14.3% the “witness” is the father.

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Anhand von 100 Einmannsachen (Kindschaftsfälle) der Jahre 1979–1981 aus Südwestdeutschland errechnete sich nach dem Ansatz von Schulte-Mönting und Hummel eine realistische A-priori-Vaterschaftswahrscheinlichkeit von 0,837±0,0372. Dies bedeutet, daß in rund 83,7% aller Einmannsachen der von der Kindesmutter als Erzeuger benannte Mann der tatsächliche Vater des Kindes ist.

Aus 100 Zweimannsachen der Jahre 1976–1981 errechnete sich eine realistische A-priori-Wahrscheinlichkeit von 0,863±0,0369. Diese besagt, daß ein in einer Zweimannsache von der Vaterschaft nicht ausschließbarer Mann — ohne Berücksichtigung sonstiger Umstände — mit einer Wahrscheinlichkeit von rund 86,3% der wahre Vater des Kindes ist; bei rund 13,7% der Zweimannsachen ist weder der Beklagte noch der Zeuge, sondern ein dritter unbekannter Mann der tatsächliche Vater des Kindes. Durch Auszählen fand sich, daß in Zweimannsachen mit benanntem Vater rund 85,7% der wahren Väter „Beklagte“ sind, 14,3% „Zeugen“.

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Hummel, K., Conradt, J. Calculation of percentage of cases on file with an unnamed father in 100 one-man and 100 two-man cases (filiation cases) from South-West Germany in 1976–1981. Z Rechtsmed 88, 277–284 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198663

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