mother refuses dna test?

DX2

19lottie82 wrote: »

if she asks for money he can legally request a dna test, does this not seem a bit fishy?

When can the CSA presume parentage?


We can presume that a person named as the parent of a child is the father if they:

• were married to the child's mother at any time between the conception and the birth of the child (if the child has not since been adopted)
• are named as the father of a child on the child's birth certificate and the child has not been adopted since the birth certificate was completed.

http://www.csa.gov.uk/en/case/dispute-process.asp
Have you read the CSA section on disputed parentage?

Mrs_Arcanum

19lottie82 wrote: »

I dont think it works like that. You need proof that the test is wrong, ie a court approved DNA test. You can get these privately, but you need a sample from the mother.

Was working on the principal this request could force a DNA test.

DX2

savingmummy wrote: »

why do you need a sample of the mother?
Most tests just test baby and father.

DNA tests equal three swabs, Mother, baby and father.

savingmummy

I never knew that! Thanks DX2 - learn something new everyday

flutterby_lil

You don't "have" to have the mother swabbed for a DNA test - just baby and "father" can do it.

DX2

savingmummy wrote: »

I never knew that! Thanks DX2 - learn something new everyday

DNA tests these days are so easy to do, swab mouth and your gone. Back in my day (son only 15) We had to undergo the withdrawal of blood and he was under 2 at the time and the consultant at the time wasn't very happy about taking blood from a small child for the sake of a DNA test for the CSA. Both parents had to do this also along with providing photos etc for id purposes.

19lottie82

You can conduct a “discreet” DNA test, where you need a sample from the potential father and child. These samples are then sent away to a lab, who provide you with the results, that are supposedly 99.9% accurate, however they will not stand up in court.

You can also get a “court approved” DNA test, where the mother, potential father and child attend a clinic and give samples, these tests are 99.99% effective and will stand up in court.

I dont think its anything to do with the extra 0.1% of accuracy, it’s just with the discreet one, the samples could be from anyone. With the other the details are confirmed.

DX2

flutterby_lil wrote: »

You don't "have" to have the mother swabbed for a DNA test - just baby and "father" can do it.

Not sure if this sort of DNA test would legally stand in court or whether it would be enough to remove parentage from the BC.

I know the CSA only use certain DNA testing centres and if you get a DNA test from somewhere else they won't entertain it.

Mojisola

19lottie82 wrote: »

when he asked for a dna she went crazy and told him never to contact her or the baby again (tho she still maintains he is the father).

Had he been seeing the child up to that point?

19lottie82

he had seen the baby a couple of times but not really, she said she didn't want him in the childs life, after he made it clear that he didn't want a relationship with her. It was only after he asked for the DNA test that she totally lost it and told him she wasn't going to humiliate herself or her child by giving him a test.