A high court upheld Thursday a lower court ruling that found constitutional a legal provision that allows only men to file lawsuits denying legal fatherhood, dismissing a damages suit filed by a family against the state.The plaintiffs in the 2.2 million yen ($19,700) damages suit -- a woman in her 60s living in Kobe, her daughter in her 30s and her 8- and 4-year-old grandchildren -- argued the Civil Code provision only enabling men to deny legal fatherhood is discriminatory and unconstitutional.According to the suit, the woman lived apart from her husband due to domestic violence and had a …READ FULL ARTICLE
