A court order that two children should be told the identity of their natural father has been upheld on appeal.

The man made an application for a declaration of parentage after a DNA test showed that he was the father of eight-year-old twins. However, the twins regarded a man who had been living with their mother as their father.

The natural father obtained a court order saying the children should be told about him. The mother appealed saying the matter did not come within the jurisdiction of the court and that a decision about whether or not to inform the children should be made by the parents.

However, the Court of Appeal ruled that the judge had been justified in making the order and so the children should be informed.