Notes On Prenatal Testing

By Clark Huffine

As defined under medical parlance, prenatal testing is the process applied to test for diseases or conditions in a fetus or embryo before it is born. It is aimed at determining birth defects or abnormalities like the Down syndrome, chromosome abnormalities, genetic diseases and other conditions. On another note, prenatal paternity test is for those who need to know the paternal relationship before the child is born.

In this process, the screening can likewise determine the sex or gender of the fetus. In some cases, the tests are administered to determine if the fetus will be aborted. Either way, this is very important because parents would know what to do under the circumstances. That way, they can prepare ahead of time.

In so doing, the possibility of having a miscarriage can be detected early on. With that, pregnant women can safely deliver her baby in an atmosphere of peace of mind and confidence.

Recognizably there are different purposes for prenatal diagnosis. It can be to give the parents the chance to abort a fetus with serious medical conditions. Also, in can be to allow appropriate timely medical treatment of a condition whether before or after the birth of the child. And it can be to give parents the chance to prepare psychologically, financially, and medically for a baby with a health problem or disability. It may even be argued that with this data ahead of the birth the healthcare staff can better prepare themselves and parents for the delivery of a child with a health problem.

And closing, as most would-be couples desire, through prenatal testing they are able to determine the gender of their baby before delivery. This is very common nowadays since would-couples prefer knowing the gender so as to be able to make necessary preparations for the delivery of the baby. At any rate, with this data ahead of the birth the healthcare staff can better prepare themselves and parents for the delivery of a child with a health problem, if any. - 32385

About the Author:

Legal Paternity Testing: What About?

By Clark Huffine

DNA profiles of the man and the child, which respectively contain encrypted sets reflecting the genetic makeup, can be used to identify and verify the biological relations between them. Thus, legal paternity testing may be defined as the process used to effectively identify the legal paternity of a father with respect to a child through DNA testing or other genetic testing.

Under the law, legal paternity is the acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a man and a child. In this particular jurisdiction, whenever the paternity of the child is being put in issue, one party may rightfully seek redress from the courts through a petition for the determination of the paternity of putative fathers.

A prosperous petition to the court will assign the paternity to a particular man who will be deemed for all intents and purposes as the father of the child. This court ruling will usually include awards for alimony or support for the child, vesting of legal rights to the child, and other appropriate rights such as visitation rights.

Once a father has established paternity and, if he wishes to be part of the child's upbringing, he can effectively establish his parental rights with his child by filing a parenting plan. In the United States, under the law parents are required to file this plan with a district court. It outlines how the biological parents will share parental responsibilities on matters such as legal custody, physical custody which means parenting time or visitation, and medical insurance.

Legal paternity testing through DNA samples, to be acceptable, must strictly observe the chain of custody requirement to foreclose issues on irregularities or inconsistencies. But, to substantially comply with this requirement all tested parties have to be properly identified and their specimens collected by a third person not related to any of the parties and lacks interest in the case. This is so that it can yield to awards or rulings for child support, inheritance, social welfare benefits, immigration, or adoption purposes. - 32385

About the Author:

DNA Testing: The Process

By Clark Huffine

DNA is the set of encrypted numbers that reflect the genetic makeup of a person. This can be used to identify and verify that person accurately. Also known in this field by other terms, such as DNA profiling, DNA typing, or genetic fingerprinting, DNA testing, accordingly, is the scientific process and technique employed to competently identify individuals through their respective DNA features.

In this technique, it uses repeat sequences which scientists describe as highly variable. These are what are known technically in this field as the variable number tandem repeats. Variable number tandem repeats loci are very similar between closely related humans, but so highly variable that unrelated individuals are extremely unlikely to have the same genetic makeup. First reported in'85 at England's University of Leicester, this technique is now widely used in many countries across the globe.

The DNA testing process aptly begins by taking a sample of the DNA sample of a person. In doing so, the testers will collect samples of the person's blood, saliva or semen. It may also be based on fluid or tissue from personal stuffs like the toothbrush. Or, it may also get samples from storage like sperm or biopsy tissue. But the most common among these procedures in collecting a sample of the person's DNA is the use of the swab test.

Likewise samples obtained from relatives by blood can provide an indication of an individual's profile. Also, human remains which had been previously profiled can also be obtained a sample DNA for testing purposes. The DNA profile is then compared against another sample to determine whether there is a genetic match.

Ultimately, there is good ground and valid claim to assert that these tests based on genetic sources can possibly and strongly establish evidence of genetic relationship. However, it is likewise noteworthy it is in this jurisdiction that based on legal precedents and on grounds of public policy, DNA testing disproving relationship cannot provide absolute certainty. - 32385

About the Author:

Legal Paternity: Legal Points

By Clark Huffine

Legal paternity is the acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a man and a child, under the law. In common law, a child born to the wife during a marriage is the husband's child, pursuant to the so called presumption of lawful paternity. The husband or father then is vested with complete rights, duties and obligations with respect to the child.

This presumption nevertheless can be refuted by contrary evidence. Jurisdictions differ widely on when a judgment establishing paternity or a support obligation based on the presumption can be set aside on the grounds that the husband was not in fact the father.

In this particular jurisdiction, whenever the paternity of the child is being put in issue, one party may rightfully seek redress from the courts through a petition for the determination of the paternity of putative fathers. A prosperous petition to the court will assign the paternity to a particular man who will be deemed for all intents and purposes as the father of the child. This court ruling will usually include awards for alimony or support for the child, vesting of legal rights to the child, and other appropriate rights such as visitation rights.

Once a father has established paternity and, if he wishes to be part of the child's upbringing, he can effectively establish his parental rights with his child by filing a parenting plan. In the United States, under the law parents are required to file this plan with a district court. It outlines how the biological parents will share parental responsibilities on matters such as legal custody, physical custody which means parenting time or visitation, and medical insurance.

Full parental responsibility are assigned to fathers even in cases of women lying about contraception, as allowed by some laws on legal paternity assign The most notable in this respect is the employment of deceit such as oral sex followed by self artificial insemination as decided in the case of State of Louisiana versus Frisard, or statutory rape by the woman herself, as ruled in the case of Hermesmann versus Seyer. - 32385

About the Author:

Sign Up for our Free Newsletter

Enter email address here