What testing options exist if the person in question is deceased, missing or unavailable?
• Several Options are possible. If the person is deceased, a viable DNA sample maybe in storage if an autopsy was performed and the coroner kept the samples. A viable sample may exist if prior to death, if tissue was taken for analysis by the hospital or the laboratory. In Australia the hospitals hold this sample for a considerable period of time and the executor to the estate has the ability to request the sample for further analysis. If no sample exists then family members such as parents, siblings and children of the deceased can submit DNA samples for several types of analysis How can DNA testing help protect or challenge wills and estates? • DNA testing can be done to establish biological relationships when a will is challenged. Allele sizing can be done prior to death to make DNA results available at any time a challenge to the will arises based on unidentified biological relations. This is typically used for people who are high profile, wealthy or fear their wishes will be chall
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