Can genetic testing be done if the noncustodial parent is deceased?
Testing can still be done if there is genetic material available such as a blood or tissue sample of the noncustodial parent. Also, testing is possible if the noncustodial parent’s parents, the paternal grandparents, are both alive and willing to submit to genetic testing. Contact your case worker and inform him or her of your special circumstances.
Testing can still be done if there is genetic material available such as a blood or tissue sample of the noncustodial parent. Also, testing is possible if the noncustodial parent’s parents, the paternal grandparents, are both alive and willing to submit to genetic testing. Contact your case worker and inform him or her of your special circumstances. The noncustodial parent has already undergone genetic testing for one child. Does the noncustodial parent have to undergo another one for each of the other children? Yes. Even if a noncustodial parent has already had one genetic test for a child, there must be a new genetic test for any other children claimed to be the children of the noncustodial parent. What if the parents live in different places or took the genetic tests on different days? Genetic testing can be completed even if mother and father reside in different places. The genetic testing lab will coordinate the samples. It is not necessary for each party to be tested on the same
