Opinion ID: 864682
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Heading: whether the best interests of a child in

Text: REGARDS TO CUSTODY, VISITATION AND SUPPORT MAY BE DETERMINED IN A PATERNITY ACTION. ¶12. The Court of Appeals answered this issue in the negative and held that paternity actions were limited to issues of biology and support. Griffith v. Pell, 2003 WL 22038733, at , 4 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003). The Court of Appeals stated: Current case law provides that paternity suits have limited purposes. Where scientific evidence points overwhelmingly towards one man as the father of a child, paternity is established, and the only matter left to resolve in the paternity action is that of support. Rafferty v. Perkins, 757 So. 2d 992, 996 (Miss. 2000).