FAVOR PATERNITATIS

favor paternitatis (fay-v[schwa]r p[schwa]-t[schwa]r-n[schwa]-tay-tis). [Latin “(in) favor of paternity”] The principle that a court should interpret facts so as to uphold the paternity of a child. [Cases: Children Out-of-Wedlock 43. C.J.S. Children Out-of-Wedlock § 100.]