DID THE MAN DECIDE PATERNITY HALACHA LMAASEH? TO GIVE MISAH FOR HITTING OR CURSING? I THOUGHT LAV BASHAMAYIM HEE?
lester freedman,
The Einei Shmuel writes that "Lav ba'Shamayim Hee" and "Ein Mashgichin b'Bas Kol" only apply to cases of Halachah. This means that the question cannot be directly answered by a Bas Kol. However, if there is merely an uncertainty regarding who is the father of a child, the question can be decided by a Bas Kol or the Manna, despite the fact that this will have Halachic ramifications (see also Kapos Temarim who deals with this topic at length).
All the best,
Yaakov Montrose