| I have a doubt to be cleared. Let me brief you up with the matter first. Suppose the mother who resides in Texas files a suit for the guardianship of the child and the alleged father who resides in Ohio says that he needs a DNA test to be conducted, can the case become invalid if the mother after repeated reminders refuses to send her specimen of the DNA to the collection centre? Let me tell you what happened. The mother filed a case for custody to the Attorney General’s office while the alleged father who resides in Ohio was rendered with all the paper work and pleaded DNA test to make sure about the paternity issue. The alleged fathers sent his specimen of the test on the specified date but the mother did not even submit her specimen on the prescribed date and she also missed her second appointment even without a call. Now the alleged father has been told that the actual court date may have to be reversed if the results of the test are not produced in time. As the father is living out of state, it will not be convenient for him to make an appearance if the dates are changed as and according to the mother’s convenience to complete the test. Now the father would like to know if there are any provisions in the law which can make the case be can be dropped if the mother does not comply to the test procedure on the given date? Or h e would at least like to know whether there are any clauses that will defend him from having to tamper his organized life and job all because of a court case when he is really doubtful whether he is the real father and has already given his part of the DNA test with no contesting to establish it and with the mother refusing to co-operate with the case petition for paternity. |
Anonymous CommenterThere is every possibility that there will be some time limit for submitting the specimen for DNA test on the mother’s part, even though this limit may differ from state to state. I would advise to get in touch with the Texas Family Court or a legal lawyer in Texas which deals specially with child support, guardianship and cases of paternal dispute. I think that they will surely have some information about whether the testing has been done or if there is a specified time limit within which she has to submit her part of the test.