DNA Testing for Surrogacy or ART Scenarios
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written for the Guest Blog on Adoption Under One Roof’s website. Adoption Under One Roof is an organization dedicated to covering adoption from every angle, every view, for everyone.
When surrogacy or Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is used to bring a life into the world, it is always a good idea to take a DNA parentage test to verify the biological relationship between the child and the supposed biological parents. Pre-emptive legal procedures based on the DNA testing results can help to complete either a traditional or gestational surrogacy process. A DNA test can avoid any future disputes over custody, parental rights and other originally unforeseen legal issues following the child’s birth.
First, DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) can perform DNA testing for surrogacy and ART attorneys, as well as individual clients in gestational surrogacy cases. In gestational surrogacy, an embryo formed through in vitro fertilization using egg and sperm cells from a couple is implanted into a surrogate mother because the biological mother of the child can’t carry the embryo in her own womb. The couple is intended to be the legal parents for this child. Sometimes, our clients desire to confirm that the correct embryo was implanted at the fertility lab. Often times, our clients simply want to verify that the embryo is not a product of a chance conception by the surrogate and her husband or partner. In any circumstance, verifying biological parentage through a DNA test can assist in the legal paperwork necessary to establish legal parental rights for the intended parents and ensure that their names appear on the child’s birth certificate. Additionally, the test can always provide peace of mind for the surrogate and biological parents in this situation.
DDC also routinely performs DNA testing for traditional surrogacy cases that may require adoption procedures to establish the intended parental rights. For example, DDC has performed DNA tests for situations in which the surrogate also served as the egg donor for a couple who may or may not have contributed any genetic materials for the embryo—in this instance, the couple needed to adopt the child after birth. A DNA test can confirm the maternity and/or paternity of the child, therefore assisting adoption attorneys with necessary information to complete the adoption.
While these are general scenarios, no matter what the situation, DDC guarantees 100 percent accurate DNA testing to prove or disprove any biological relationship in question in surrogacy cases.
DNA Diagnostics Center offers prenatal DNA testing services, which some of our surrogacy/ART clients choose to use because it will answer any biological relationship questions before the child is born. As is true with any of our DNA paternity test cases, DDC can also arrange for DNA testing to be performed right after the child’s birth, or even years after birth. Please visit our website to contact DDC to discuss your unique situation with one of our case specialists to determine what DNA testing option could be right for you.
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