Legal Maternity
Tests
(Court admissible)
All DNA samples must be collected and tested per American
Association of Blood Banks (AABB) rules for full-chain-of-custody
requirements using an AABB accredited laboratory.
Legal Maternity Testing with the mother is
also known as a TRIO test. This is the standard test that will be ordered for a court admissible legal test or
when all parties cooperate to verify maternity.
The Trio maternity test requires a DNA sample from the child,
the father and the alleged mother(s) with government issued photo identification, be photographed and
fingerprinted with full chain of custody documents.
A final result report will have the actual names of the child,
the father and the alleged mother, a notarized signature from the AABB accredited laboratory, the tested DNA
systems, the probability of maternity (POM) expressed in percent and the combined
maternity index (CMI) expressed as a ratio to one.
Legal Maternity Testing without
the mother is also known as a fatherless test or father
not tested (FNT). This is the standard test that will be ordered for a court admissible legal test, when the
father is unavailable or the father refuses to cooperate.
The FNT maternity test requires a DNA sample from
the child and the alleged mother(s). A final result report will have the actual names of the child and the
alleged mother, a notarized signature from the AABB accredited laboratory, the tested DNA systems, the
probability of maternity (POM) expressed in percent and the
combined maternity index (CMI) expressed as a ratio to
one. |