Paternity Testing Northern Ireland

To arrange paternity testing in Northern Ireland, please contact DDC, Europe's leading expert on DNA and paternity testing. Northern Ireland also has its own Northern Ireland Child Support Agency which is subject to the Child Support (NI) Order 1991 and Child Support (NI) Order 1995.

See also the Northern Ireland Office website, the Northern Ireland Public Service Web and the Northern Ireland Court Service for further information on paternity testing in Northern Ireland.

The consultation paper on Parental Responsibility for Unmarried Fathers and Court Procedures for the Determination of Paternity is available from the Office of Law Reform in Belfast (01232 542 900). Deadline for responses is 29 October 1999.

DDC provides paternity testing services to a number of organisations in Northern Ireland.