CSA DNA testing
Why choose AlphaBiolabs for your Child Support Agency (CSA) DNA test?
- Next day/same day* legal CSA DNA testing available if required
- Winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2016
- Most competitively priced laboratory in the UK
- Ministry of Justice approved to carry out parentage tests directed by the civil courts in England and Wales under Section 20 of the Family Law reform Act 1969
- Sample collection service available for any UK location
- Statement of Witness reports available on request
- Free sample collection from our Walk in Centres
“Great CSA service – No fuss”
Dave T – Liverpool
Designed for the CSA/Child Maintenance Service
to prove biological relationships for use in UK courts
Why use the CSA?
Statistics show that one in six men who underwent paternity testing on their presumed offspring were in fact not the father.
These statistics were released by the CSA, who estimated that around 3000 men who had DNA paternity testing in 2005 were unfairly paying for child maintenance. The paternity testing showed they were not in fact the fathers. Conversely, around 84% of all the men who came forward for paternity testing through the CSA were, it turned out, the fathers of the child in question.
The 3000 men, therefore, account for a relatively small percentage. Of course, for those men paternity testing makes all the difference to them both emotionally and financially.
We have a dedicated DNA sample collection service, which can visit you or your client anywhere in the UK. Alternatively, you can have your sample collected for free at one of our Walk in Centres.
Our fully trained sample collectors follow strict procedures to maintain chain of custody, which is crucial during such forms of testing.
We do the hard work so you don’t have to. Our friendly and professional customer service team will manage your case from start to finish.
We will liaise directly with your client to arrange all appointments, which means that once you send us your instruction, you can rest assured we will manage the process. Just another reason to choose AlphaBiolabs.
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Disagreements about the parentage of a child
If you have any reason to doubt that you are the parent of a child, or if the person you are naming as the parent of a child is not in fact the parent, you should contact the CSA or Child Maintenance Service immediately.
If someone denies that they are the parent of a child the CSA or Child Maintenance Service will ask them for evidence proving that they are not the biological parent of the child in question.
If there is no evidence to prove that they are not the biological parent of the child ask both parents to take a DNA test and ask the courts to make a decision on the parentage of the child.
If you are considering taking a DNA test to dispute the parentage of a child it is very important that you contact the CSA as soon as possible and tell them that you are using AlphaBiolabs to conduct your legal paternity test.
If you have a legal representative you may ask him to do this for you. The CSA may ask you for a written statement from you denying that you are the parent of the child in question.
Please Note: If you need a legal DNA test for use with the Child Support Agency (CSA) then you must register with them before you purchase a DNA test from AlphaBiolabs. The CSA will only accept this legal DNA test if the alleged father, the mother and the child/children take part in the DNA testing process.
CSA DNA testing
Our CSA DNA testing is approved and accepted by the CSA. The CSA is the UK Government’s child maintenance service and their role is to make sure that parents who live apart from their children contribute towards their children’s upkeep by paying child maintenance.
AlphaBiolabs has helped thousands of people with their CSA paternity testing in the UK. If there is a dispute regarding the paternity of a child and the CSA are involved, then this is the test you will need.
Approved CSA DNA testing
Our ethos is to make the DNA testing process as simple and convenient as possible to both yourself and the CSA.
The CSA will only accept DNA samples from individuals if certain criteria have been met, such as does the laboratory doing the testing meet all the requirements for Legal DNA testing services? Does it appear qualified on the Ministry of Justice website as a qualified testing laboratory? Has a full chain of custody been maintained? Is the nurse taking the sample a fully qualified nurse?
We have implemented several key changes to ensure that you, the customer, are receiving the best value possible as conveniently as possible and that all the criteria for the CSA have been met.
UK-wide sample collection
We have a UK-wide network of nurses available to take DNA samples and we are able to collect DNA samples from a place convenient to you. We have collected thousands of samples for CSA cases in the past year alone.
If you require a CSA DNA test for yourself, a relative or a client please call 0333 600 1300.
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Free UK sample collection
AlphaBiolabs has gone to great lengths to create a full UK network of qualified nurses who are able to take your clients’ legally admissible DNA, drug and alcohol samples.
Using one of these centres could save you up to £165 on your testing or even more when combined with our price match promise.
I am very impressed with the exceptionally high quality, service and speed. I will be using your company in all future referrals. Great to have found this service which is 100% less hassle than other companies.
Helen SangsterExcellent service and all round very user friendly.
Colm McLaughlinVery impressed with the speed of the report turnaround. This is key in childcare cases that we deal with. Your Walk in Centres are an excellent way to guarantee minimal delay.
Amy BellinghamExcellent turnaround times, arrived very quickly with the results.
Christopher Miles