Rick located Rena when the baby was born and served her with a summons in the paternity proceeding he filed. A DNA test established a 99.98 percent probability of paternity. Rick served Rena with interrogatories, which she refused to answer. At the trial Rick testified concerning his sexual relations with Rena and offered the DNA report in evidence. Rena did not take the witness stand. The court should:
a. Compel Rena to answer the interrogatories and allow Rick to call Rena as a witness.
b. Refuse to accept the HLA report in evidence since it does not exclude Rick as father.
c. Accept the report in evidence, refuse to compel Rena to answer the interrogatories, refuse to allow Rick to call Rena as a witness, and draw an unfavorable inference against Rena based on her failure to deny that she had sexual intercourse with Rick at the time of the child’s conception.
d. Accept the DNA report in evidence but draw no inferences whatsoever from Rena’s refusal to answer the interrogatories and failure to testify.
c. Accept the report in evidence, refuse to compel Rena to answer the interrogatories, refuse to allow Rick to call Rena as a witness, and draw an unfavorable inference against Rena based on her failure to deny that she had sexual intercourse with Rick at the time of the child’s conception.
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