Yes, it can be used, as long as a chain of custody procedure has been established and followed: The test is requested directly from the DDC. DDC is a program, a DNA collection appointment for test participants at a convenient facility near them. Test participants provide their identity documents at the test appointment and the DNA collection is witnessed.

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The facility (DDC) signs the paperwork and returns the samples to our lab for further analysis. The results of a legal grandparent test are admissible in the local court of your jurisdiction, and can be used for legal reasons such as those mentioned in the sibling test case. The results of a grandparent DNA test done with your home kit cannot be used legally. It is only possible to use it legally through the method that we talked about above (DDC).

Affiliation claim, what is it? What happens during the paternity case?

In the case of a paternity test, the participants appear before the Family Court to obtain an Order of filiation.

A parentage order is a court order that names a man as the father of a child, and the court gives him the right to custody of the child, the right to visit the child, and the responsibility to pay child support.

Who can start the case?

- The mother of the child a man who is supposed to be the father of that boy or girl.
- The Department of Social Services if it is the case in which the child receives public assistance.
- The person who initiates the lawsuit is the plaintiff against the defendant.

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How to start a paternity case in court?

A paternity petition is filed in the Family Court of the county where the petitioner or respondent lives. There is no filing fee in Family Court. If you are the mother or a man who is presumed to be the father, you can use the free DIY Paternity Petition program to petition the family court for an order of filiation that names the child's father as the legal father.

If both people are not the parents of the child, they can use this form (DIY) to start their paternity case. After the paternity petition is filed in Family Court, the respondent will be served with a summons and a copy of the petition, awarded to the petitioner. A summons tells the plaintiff and the defendant when and where to go to Family Court.

Both the Plaintiff and the Defendant have the exclusive right to retain their own attorneys. If one of the parties cannot afford to hire an attorney, the court is required to assign an attorney free of charge.

Inside the paternity hearing

A paternity case is heard and reported before a judge or support magistrate.

The Filiation Order can be signed by consent if:

- The mother was not married when the child was born;
- The child was born and both the mother and the father agree that the man is the legal father;
- The mother was married and all three parties (the mother, the husband and the biological father) agree.

When a Consent Filiation Order is signed, this means that both the mother and the father agree that the father really is the biological father of the child and neither parent will request a DNA test to provide such legality. If someone does not agree on who the biological father is, the court could order a DNA test of the mother, the possible father and the child, and the case will be heard another time, another time. At the next court date, the delegation will explain and show the test results.

If, after knowing the DNA results, both parties agree with the paternity, here the same judicial delegation will issue an Order of filiation. If the parties do not agree with the DNA results, the case will be postponed to a later date. At the next date the court has declared, both parties can give their arguments and both can have witnesses.

Generally, it is up to the plaintiff to prove paternity. However, if the results of the DNA test indicate that there is a 95% chance that the respondent is the genetic father, then it is up to the respondent to prove that he or she is not the legal father. Finally, after the judge hears both parties, plaintiff and defendant, the court will determine whether or not the defendant is the biological father.

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