A Review of Paternity Test Costs
Paternity tests costs are more affordable nowadays due to rapid advances in science and genetic testing.
More companies are offering their services at lower costs. For instance, in-home paternity tests that used to cost $500 or more could now be availed at less than $100. Some companies even give paternity test kits for free and only charge for the actual DNA testing. Compared to tests conducted for purposes of personal knowledge, a legally binding paternity test is more expensive because of the chain of custody process.
A more expensive procedure is the viability paternity testing which happens when the subject for testing is not available to collect DNA samples from. If preserved samples of human tissue are not available, an option would be to get samples from his parents.
Some individuals would opt for the most expensive type of paternity test, a prenatal paternity test which is done either by chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis. The results of a prenatal test will be 99.99% accurate just as the more usual paternity testing.
