Identical twins both pay child support after inconclusive paternity test

“It was clear they each used the other’s name, either to attract as many women as possible, or to hide betrayal in their relationship,” the judge concluded.

The mother of the infant told the court she had a brief relationship with the father, who she thought was Fernando.

In her testimony she said she had met the man at a mutual friend’s party.

She said: “He told me he had a twin brother, but I did not get introduced. At the time I did not suspect anything.”

But she later began to question the man’s identity, adding: “The strange thing about the day is that he presented himself as Fernando, but he was with the yellow motorcycle that he said was Fabricio’s.

The judge continued: “One of the brothers, in bad faith, seeks to conceal fatherhood.

“Such behaviour, of course, should not receive a guarantee from the judiciary which, on the contrary, must repress clumsy behaviour, especially in the case in which the defendants seek to benefit from their own clumsiness.

“Given the peculiarities of the case, I believe the decision that most embodies the concept of justice is the one that honours the interests and rights of the child, to the detriment of the tortuous defendants.”