INFORMATIVE PATERNITY TEST
Our center enables clients to carry out biological sampling necessary to perform the paternity test by furnishing them, directly and free of charge, with a paternity test kit. The kit can be sent directly to the subjects undergoing the test, and they do not need to come to the laboratory.
The informative test furnishes exclusively a result concerning the genetic compatibility or incompatibility of the biological samples examined. The result has an informative worth only, and no legal value inasmuch as the identity of the subjects providing the biological samples have not been ascertained and the necessary authorization has not been obtained.

LEGAL PATERNITY TEST
To carry out a legal determination of paternity, it is obligatory to identify the subjects who undergo the test and to obtain the necessary authorization by having the parties fill in a form provided by our center. In the case of minor children, the legal guardian must provide explicit authorization to carry out the test. Also, in the case of minor children, it is not possible to conduct the test without the knowledge of both parents. These procedures are necessary, on the one hand, to verify that the test is actually carried out on the delcared subjects, and on the other to guarantee the true intention of why the subject is undergoing the test (not simply to undergo a clinical examination). The consensus to undergo the tests must therefore be understood as a responsible intention to carry out the verification.
If the parties involved are incompatible, it is possible to carry out the sampling at different times and in different places, as long as both parents have given their informed consent conduct the procedure.

A detailed technical report will be consigned when the analysis is completed, including chromatograms and statistical analyses of the results. The report can be utilized in court procedures, for acts of acknowledgment/disownment of paternity.

In summary, to carry ot a LEGAL Paternity Test its is necessary:
-    For the sampling of a minor, the authorization of the legal guardians
-    For the sampling of an adult, the informed consent regarding the reason for the sampling
-    A document that certifies the identiy of the individuals undergoing analysis

It is not necessary
-    for the parties to undergo simultaneous sampling
-    to use of the same type of biological material
-    for the subject to have fasted if peripheral blood is drawn for sampling
-    to provide a request by a lawyer or a doctor