| Service |
Cost |
Turnaround |
| Paternity or Maternity (testing
mother, father & one child) |
$790 |
5-8 working
days |
| Paternity or Maternity (testing
one adult & one child) |
$790 |
5-8 working days |
| Additional child/person in same
test |
$240 |
5-8 working days |
| Additional person in subsequent
test |
$360 |
5-8 working days |
| Prenatal DNA Paternity
testing |
$1,300
|
2-3 working days |
Genetic factors are inherited equally
from both parents. This genetic information is contained in DNA,
which is found in every cell in the human body. The purpose of
parentage testing is to compare the genetic profiles of individuals
to one another to establish the biological (genetic)
relationship.
DNALabs performs this testing with up
to 24 highly informative Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA markers
detected by PCR. This is the most accurate and extensive testing
available.
Whose
consent is required?
If the child is under the age of 18
years, both parents must consent to parentage testing for the
result to have legal standing. All persons being tested must
complete a form proving consent on the day of collection.
Download them here:
Parentage
application form - This application is required to begin your
DNA testing
Form 2 - This form
is to completed by the parent/guardian of a child under 18, or by
the adult on the day of collection. Each donor is required to
complete a Form 2.
Accuracy of
DNALabs
DNALabs paternity
testing has the highest likelihood of excluding a falsely assumed
father. A man who does not match the child's paternal DNA type can
be excluded with 100% certainty. If the man is not excluded, then
with DNA testing, the probability of him being the father can be
determined up to 99.999%. The PCR testing performed by us is more
direct and therefore more accurate than older methods, such as
blood grouping and other less extensive PCR testing offered by some
parentage testing laboratories.
Compliance
with Family Law Act 1975
All scientific procedures conducted
by DNALabs fulfill the requirements of the Family Law Act 1975.
This is the standard used for matters
before the Children's Court, registry of Births Death &
Marriages and Family Court matters (including matters
involving Child Support).
The possible father, mother and child
are all required to present samples, and consent by
affidavit is required from each donor (or guardian/legal carer of a
minor).
Court ordered testing can also be
reported to this standard.
Testing that has been performed
to the standards set by NATA or Family Law regulations may
avoid costly repeat testing.
Results
In the interest of the parties being
tested, results are not given over the telephone. When the results
are ready, the written reports are forwarded to a medical or legal
professional as nominated by the applicant. This ensures
confidentiality of the test results as well as professional
supervision of the circumstances of the DNA test. Results are not
issued until full payment is received.
Family
relationships
Our testing assumes that no-one
related to the alleged father could also have fathered the child.
If any family relationship exists, then probabilities of paternity
cannot be determined by usual methods as the standard of
accuracy decreases the likelihood of a person being incorrectly
identified where such a relationship exists.
It is essential that this information
be provided before paternity testing commences.
Deceased
estates
DNALabs can test for parentage when one
parent is unavailable to be tested (eg. deceased) using alternative
samples such as biopsy material from operations performed
in the past or verified post mortem samples. Please contact
our laboratory for information on this process on 1300 663 244 (+61
2 9855 6199).