Oregon Administrative Order of Parentage Tests

Paternity can be determined by highly accurate tests conducted on blood or tissue samples of the father (or alleged father), mother and child. These tests have an accuracy range of between 90 and 99 percent.

1a : descent from parents or ancestors : lineage a person of noble parentage. b : derivation, origin a tradition of uncertain parentage. 2 : parenthood.

The Declaration of Parentage declares who the child's parents are.Even though the true father's name has been included on the birth certificate as a result of a Declaration of Parentage, this does not automatically grant parental responsibility to the father.

In parentage cases, also called "paternity cases," the court makes orders that say who the child's legal parents are. If parents are married when a child is born, there is usually no question about parentage.But for unmarried parents, parentage of their children needs to be established legally.

The law cannot force a paternity test. This means that a potential father can refuse to submit to testing, even after the mother, child, and other potential fathers have been tested. However, the refusal is not without penalty.

Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is the genetic material you inherit from your mother and father. Paternity refers to fatherhood. A DNA paternity test uses DNA, usually taken from a cheek swab, to determine whether a man is the child's biological father.

When the father and mother agree that the child is his, paternity may be legally established by completing a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity ». The form must be signed by both parents, notarized, and filed with Oregon Vital Records. Your local child support office can help complete this process.

There are two types of paternity tests available. The first is non-invasive prenatal paternity testing, which involves sampling the DNA in your blood. This is then compared to DNA from a cheek swab taken from each potential dad. It can be carried out from seven weeks of pregnancy.