How is DNA testing used in adoption cases?
Paternity testing to accurately identify birth fathers is becoming a more common request by adoptive professionals and parents to solidify the proceedings. Although adoption processes vary, efforts to locate birth fathers for parental relinquishments have become a higher priority since such publicised cases as the Baby Richard case. The paternity testing serves as proof that the accurate birth father has been located and is participatory in the proceedings. Medical advances in linking biological causes for diseases and serious medical conditions also encourage the need to identify the birth father. Without the birth father’s identification, half the child’s medical information is unknown and may not be traceable at a later date when needed.
Paternity testing to accurately identify birth fathers is becoming a more common request by adoptive professionals and parents to solidify the proceedings. Although adoption processes vary, efforts to locate birth fathers for parental relinquishments have become a higher priority. Medical advances in linking biological causes for diseases and serious medical conditions also encourage the need to identify the birth father. Without the birth fathers identification, half the childs medical information is unknown and may not be traceable at a later date when needed.
