Refusing DNA/Assumed Parentage

[Mads]

I'd be grateful to anyone who could advise on the facts or their experiences of the following:

1) Man received letter from CSA saying he's the father of a child. He's had DNA test done. Mother and Child have NOT had test done. CSA advised that Mother is happy to have test but the Child is refusing. So what now...?

2) Should Child still refuse to have test then Man contacted could go to Court to have a Declaration of Parentage done. How would this be done? Would he need to contact a Lawyer? Would there be costs involved?

Thanks for your time...

[ann_h]

Firstly:

Your question implies that the man is seeking to prove paternity, not disprove it. This is confusing. What is his aim?

Secondly:

I would have thought consent was from the mother, not the child. How old is the child? Why should the child refuse? Do they think it will involve a blood test or other painful procedure?

[Mads]

Thanks

[Mads]

Please ignore above post!

Thanks Ann-H for your reply...sorry if I did not make sense.

The aim of this man if now just to find out if he is or isn't the father of the child he's been contacted about. The CSA letter came totally out of the blue so he wants to know either way.

The child is 11yrs old and from what I've heard it's the child who is refusing the test! Mother - apparently - is happy to have it done! So the CSA say anyway.

The CSA have apparently explained the DNA test to the mother to explain to the child - it's mouth swabs only.

It does sound as though something's not adding up. The child probably wants to know what the test is for, in which case the mother may have a lot of explaining to do (or not want to do!). Afterall, that poor child has probably known someone as "daddy" all her life, only to now be told he may not be! Charming eh? Oh, he's seen a copy of the birth certificate and it's got someone else's name on as father!

So if this carries on the guy may never know if he has an older child or not. He's been phoning the CSA for regular updates on this and he's now been left in limbo...

[Le Chat]

The CSA is disbanding completely this summer and is a complete waste of time in any event. If the man in question has received a letter from the CSA and ignores it, they wont do anything anyway as they are a completely incompetent bunch of fools! I say to pay it no heed and it will disappear! This is advice from someone who is on the other side of the fence and wishes to receive maintenance for her child after 4 long years ...via the CSA.

[dilf]

le chat is only half right cos the csa is twice as bad as she says. i cant even begin to explain how hard it is to deal with those people. it boils down to a civil servant who plays god with whole families and doesnt like the job