"A 51-year-old man from Eibar, in Spain's northern Basque Country region (and who prefers to remain anonymous) has laid claim to the fortune after it was proven in court that he is the millionaire's only biological son, the result of an extramarital relationship never acknowledged by the father. The paternity test emerged 99.9999% positive. The Supreme Court confirmed the results in a ruling in 2022."
"About 10 years ago, the son hired the high-profile lawyer Fernando Osuna to prove the relationship to his father. The Provincial Court of Madrid ruled in his favor, declaring that A.F.D. is the father of the plaintiff. The result of the biological test was decisive, despite objections by the defendant, who at first refused to provide a DNA sample, until the judge warned that he would have the grandfather's body exhumed i"
Courts have frozen an estimated 14 million-euro inheritance from A.F.D., a Spanish entrepreneur who died in 2021, while legal ownership of assets is disputed. The estate includes a 400-square-meter Madrid mansion, bank funds, company shares and a hunting estate in Leon. A 51-year-old man from Eibar proved through DNA and a Supreme Court ruling that he is the entrepreneur's biological son from an unacknowledged extramarital relationship. The deceased deliberately disinherited the son, who alleges a legal maneuver was used to exclude him. Judicial processes continue to determine the rightful heirs.
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