So You Have Been Ordered Court Genetic Exams

By Chloe Gib


If you have been ordered court genetic exams, it is most likely for legal paternity testing. Even if you are the possible father trying to prove the child is yours, once it has been ordered you must follow through. If you are the mother trying to prove who the father of your child is, you must take the child for the testing as required. You cannot back out of it once the process has been started.

After reading all the paperwork and talking to all parties concerned, the judge will decide whether or not the test is needed. He will then issue a date when both parties must have had the tests completed. Not complying with this order can result in an arrest. In most cases, there will also be a date you must return to court for the results.

The judge or the court can provide you with DNA test locations where you can have a test performed. You may want to have the court set the appointment to avoid running into the other party. This is a good idea if there is any anger between the parties.

There are a couple of ways the testing can be completed. The test can be done on a lock of hair, from saliva, a scraping from inside your mouth or by blood. It is not necessary for the testing facility to obtain a sperm sample. The testing on the blood is the most accurate.

Obtaining the sample for DNA tests is quick and easy. In most cases you will only be in the facility for a few minutes. None of the tests involve any pain or having to be uncomfortable. The worst would be the blood test and even that is just a little prick.

There is no such thing as a 100% positive DNA test. There can be however results stating with 100% accuracy there is no relation between the parties. The court will not order a second test if the first proves to be inconclusive. Unless some new way of testing DNA or paternity is discovered the courts will consider the case closed. They feel inconclusive is negative, that no paternity exists.

As a possible father you may not wish to undertake court genetic exams, but if ordered to you must. In the long run, it is the child who will suffer if he or she does not know his or her parentage. A child has the right to know, even if only for medical history.




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