Courting the Law
D’Anna soon realized that Elliot’s case involved some legalities as well, more specifically, gaining access to her adoption papers, for which he had to appear before the court. “I actually had to wind up going to court myself, and I actually represented myself in front of a judge,” he said, relating the lengths to which he was willing to go to help out Elliot.
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Another major hurdle was the lack of technology available at that time for DNA testing. While today’s paternity tests are as simple as spitting in a tube, back then, it was a lot more complicated because the technology was underdeveloped and still required research.