of a child. It may be true that a child’s interests are generally served by accurate, as opposed to inaccurate or stipulated, paternity determinations. However, it is possible that in some circumstances a child’s interests will be even better served by no paternity determination at all. The best interests of the child standard does not entitle a court to presume that paternity determination is automatically in the child’s best interest. Therefore, absent a showing that such determination is in fact within the child’s best interests, this standard cannot be invoked on behalf of someone other than the child.” Id. at 261. (citations omitted). Other courts have followed the sound reasoning in McDaniels and Ross. See, In re Paternity of “Adam, ” 273 Mont. 351, 903 P.2d 207, 211 (1995) (<HOLDING>); M.F. v. N.H., 252 N.J.Super. 420, 599 A.2d
holding that the best interest of the child was the proper standard to apply in determining whether blood tests should be conducted holding that the best interest of the child is the paramount concern in determining whether to order blood tests to determine paternity holding court properly applied best interest of child standard when determining whether placement goal should be changed holding that the trial court erred by not considering whether ordering blood tests to disestablish paternity was in the best interest of the child holding that the best interest of the child standard should be used in deciding whether to grant a paternity petition