If you have an appointment scheduled for a legal DNA paternity test, it’s important to make sure you are prepared. This will ensure that your appointment goes smoothly, and that your results will be admissible in court if you ever need them.
The most important piece of information to bring to your appointment is government issued photo identification. A driver’s license or passport photo will do just fine. If the child is a minor, you should bring in the birth certificate. Both mother and father will need to present photo ID. Proper identification is critical to court admissible results.
Make sure you have social security numbers available, as this is used as a second form of identification. Lastly, check to see if the clinic you are visiting has a camera. If not, you will need to bring in a passport sized photo of each participant.
Quality laboratories will go above and beyond what is necessary to verify identity. Keep in mind, everything during this process is kept strictly confidential.
Most of the time it will take about 20 minutes to collect the father and child’s DNA sample. You should be in and out fairly quickly.
CBS News reported Tuesday that police in Milledgeville, GA have requested DNA samples from Ben Roethlisberger in connection with assault allegations. Sexual assault cases use DNA testing extremely often to determine if the assailant and victim had contact.
It will be interesting to see whether Roethlisberger admits or denies sexual contact with the 20-year old college student. According to the CBS article, the woman went to police immediately following the incident. That gives police the highest possible probability of obtaining DNA evidence linking Roethlisberger.
The police department is analyzing security videos and using eye-witness testimony to get to the truth, but DNA evidence could be a deciding factor. DNA testing turns assault cases from a he said/she said into a case of facts.
Stay tuned to find out if forensic DNA is used as the basis for charges being filed against Big Ben.
