Two types of Legal Paternity Tests - (Court admissible)

All DNA samples are collected and tested per American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) rules for full-chain-of-custody requirements. 

Legal Paternity Testingwith 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 paternity.

The Trio paternity test requires a DNA sample from the child, the mother and the alleged father(s) with government issued photo identification, be photographed and fingerprinted with full chain of custody documents.

A final results report will contain the actual names of the child, the mother and the alleged father, a notarized signature from the AABB accredited laboratory, the DNA systems tested, the probability of paternity (POP) expressed in percent and the combined paternity index (CPI) expressed as a ratio to one. 

Legal Paternity Testing without the mother is also known as a motherless test or mother not tested (MNT). This is the standard test that will be ordered for a court admissible legal test, when the mother is unavailable or the mother refuses to cooperate.

The sampled alleged father must present his government issued photo identification, be photographed and fingerprinted with full chain of custody documents. The MNT paternity test requires a DNA sample from the child and the alleged father(s).

A final results report will contain the actual names of the child and the alleged father, a notarized signature from the AABB accredited laboratory, the tested DNA systems, the probability of paternity (POP) expressed in percent and the combined paternity index (CPI) expressed as a ratio to one.