DNA Test - Jamaica, NY

Facts about DNA Testing in Jamaica NY

Proving Paternity for Child Custody Purposes in Jamaica, New York

In New York State, a child's mother, a man who believes he is a child's father, a child's guardian, a child, or the NY Department of Social Services can start a paternity case to determine who a child's legal father is. The child's mother or a man who believes he is a child's father can file a Paternity Petition DIY Form. The form requests the Family Court issue an Order of Filiation naming him as the child's father under the law.

The court may order DNA testing of a child, mother, and father to determine if a man is the biological father. Paternity cases for children living in Jamaica, Queens, are heard at the Queens County Family Court. The Queens County Family Court is located on Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica, across from Rufus King Park.

Local DNA Stories in Jamaica, Queens

An Asian couple from Queens sued a Los Angeles-based fertility clinic after spending $100,000 to try to have a baby through in-vitro fertilization. The couple experienced a failed IVF implantation in July 2018, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.

After a second attempt, the wife learned she was pregnant, and the clinic told her that she had been implanted with two female embryos. However, after she went for sonograms, technicians kept telling the couple she was pregnant with two boys. On March 20, 2019, the wife went into labor and delivered two boys. Neither boy was of Asian descent and neither were related to each other.

Ultimately, DNA testing revealed that the two baby boys were the children of two other couples who were also clients of the Los Angeles based clinic, CHA Fertility Center in Los Angeles. The Queens couple were forced to give the babies to their biological parents.

According to Dr. Amber Samuel, a specialist with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, "There are all sorts of checks and balances for this not happening, so there's a real breakdown there."

Notable Events Related to DNA in Jamaica, Queens

Six Irish orphans flew from Dublin, Ireland to New York City on St. Patrick's Day in 1950. Accompanied by a nurse, the six children were adopted by U.S. parents who met them at the plane shortly after it landed.

Jamaica, Queens resident John J. Halloran and his wife adopted two of the children, John Francis (age 5) and Bernadette Theresa (age 3). The nurse who traveled with the children, Noreen Sullivan, decided at age 93 to track down the six children she'd traveled with 70 years before. Five-year old John Patrick, adopted by the Gooth family on Long Island, ended up being the first orphan who learned about Noreen's search through the New York Irish Center. In his 70s, Bill Gooth contacted Noreen in Ireland and was able to attend her funeral in Dublin when she died three years later at age 96.