The process for a legal parentage test is much
more lengthy and stringent than the process for
a peace of mind home test. The entire process for
a legal test, including organizing the paperwork
and collections, having the sample collections done,
review of
the paperwork, and processing the case typically
takes approximately four (4) weeks. Please do not
hesitate to contact us at any stage during testing
to ask questions, obtain an update, etc. The process
for a legal paternity test is detailed below, or
you may contact us and we can discuss this process
with you via telephone or live chat.
Call our customer service team. Identify that
you wish to discuss legal paternity testing and
you will be transferred to one of our team who
is specially trained in the legal testing process.
At some point, you will need to decide upon
a General Practitioner (GP) to do your collection
and provide us with their name, address, and telephone
number. You may tell us this when you first order
your paperwork, or you may call at a later day
to provide us with this information.
Once you provide us with the information for
your desired GP, we will then contact the GP to
ensure they are willing to do this collection.
Assuming they agree, we will send the collection
kit directly to the GP’s office.
Provide us with your name, address, and telephone
number so that we can send your paperwork to you.
If you are not in contact with the other party
to be involved in testing, we can also send paperwork
to that party. If this is the case, please be
prepared to provide us with their name, address,
and telephone number. Your paperwork will be sent
from our London office within 1-2 days. If you
do not receive your kit within a couple of weeks,
please contact us to have the paperwork resent.
While waiting for your paperwork to arrive,
you can organize to get two (2) passport sized
photos of each donor. These do not need to be
actual passport photos, but should be of that
general size and must be full frontal original
colour photos with none of the facial features
obscured.
You should wait approximately 1-2 weeks for
the GP to receive the collection kit, and then
contact the GP to make an appointment for your
collection. VERY IMPORTANT: Arrange your appointment
with the GP such that you will have time on the
day of your collection, but before your collection,
to have your Affadavit witnessed by a Justice
of the Peace.
On the day of your collection, go to a Justice
of the Peace and have your Affadavit witnessed.
Who is a Justice
of the Peace?
A GP is NOT necessarily a Justice of
the Peace
A police officer with a rank of Sargent
or above is a Justice of the Peace
A solicitor/lawyer is a Justice of the
Peace
A Public Notary is a Justice of the
Peace
Once your Affadavit is witnessed by a Justice
of the Peace, go to your GP for collection. The
GP will do the collection (mouth swabs) and send
all the paperwork (that you must take with you
to your collection) and the samples directly to
DNA Solutions Pty. Ltd.
Payment can be made via credit card (details
can be entered on the paperwork or you can call
us to give us these details) bank cheque, personal
cheque or money order (take to collection and
include it with the paperwork and samples to be
returned to DNA Solutions Pty. Ltd.).
Upon receiving your samples and paperwork directly
from the GP, our Sample Reception staff will review
the paperwork and samples against our stringent
guidelines. If there are any issues with the paperwork
or samples, we will contact you. Please note that
there may be a delay of up to ten (10) business
days from the time your GP submits the samples
until you hear back from us, as this process does
take time.
Once we have received all the samples, paperwork,
and payment for a test and they have been approved,
we will begin processing your test which takes
ten (10) business days.
Original hard copies of reports will be mailed
to each adult party involved in the testing. Results
will also be communicated via telephone to each
adult party when testing is completed. The report
will include statistics calculated for your particular
case if the result is a match and should exceed
99.9%. If the result is a mismatch, it is 100%
that it is a mismatch and the statistics are therefore
not calculated nor reported.
LEGAL
PATERNITY TEST PRICE LIST
Testing a father, child, and mother (10 business
days) £ 385
4 day express Additional £ 149
7 day express Additional £ 99
Additional person (additional alleged father
or child) £ 119 each person.
Print out of the profiles of all tested individuals
Additional £ 25
Please note that all testing times are from the
date when our Sample Reception staff approve all
paperwork, samples, and payment.
Legal testing can be done without a sample from
the mother in extenuating circumstances; please
contact our office to discuss this further.
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