Social Security Dna Testing
Regardless of how he dies Lewis Mishkin dead. He will always be remembered by his girlfriend, Lisa Mae Elko, and Lisa’s son Lewis Mishkin Jr. They remembered Lewis as a good man and devoted father, but Lewis is also remembered for Lewis Jr’s birth certificate.
While getting her life back on track Lisa Mae visited the social security office to apply for her son’s social security benefits. After all, she needed the money to support Lewis Jr in his father’s absence. However, Lisa and Lewis never legally established their son’s paternity by having Lewis placed on the boy’s birth certificate. Without this documentation Lisa was unable to file for the social security benefits that her son was entitled to.
This is more common than one might think. AABB accredited labs perform DNA testing in scenarios such as this regularly. What does Lisa need to have DNA testing in this situation? Well, a biological relative such as Lewis parents can give a sample to prove that the boy is connected to them. They can also use samples from Lewis’s autopsy to compare to his son. Or, if Lewis and Lisa had any children that had legal paternity established she could have their DNA tested against Lewis Jr’s.
In Lisa’s case, she was fortunate to have Lewis’s parents willing to take part in the DNA test. So, after paternity was established she was able to collect social security benefits for her son. Now, Lisa is living her life complication free.