Who does the DNA testing and who pays?
If you want to submit the results to a court, testing should be done by a laboratory approved by an accreditation body designated by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act. You can also use a kit and take a saliva sample yourself for testing at an approved laboratory. If you don’t want to do it yourself, you can call a laboratory to set up an appointment at a convenient location. As for payment, the court can order payment by: The party seeking the testing; The mother and putative father; The government agency seeking the testing, unless the putative father is found to be the father, in which event the court usually orders him to reimburse the agency; The state, if the parents are indigent.
