A complete "judicial paternity report", usually contains five parts: the appraisee, sample processing and test methods, test results, analysis, and test conclusions. Among them, in the "appraisee", will be listed in detail the real name, gender and ID number of all appraisers. In other words, although the age of the child is not clearly shown in the judicial paternity report, the age of the child can be known by its ID number.
There is no age limit for paternity testing, which can be done after 14 weeks of pregnancy in the mother's belly. The paternity test is done during pregnancy and is called fetal paternity test. For babies already born, routine samples can be collected, including blood traces (fluids), oral swabs, and hairs with hair follicles.
When collecting identification samples from babies, it is recommended that oral swab samples are preferred because it is a non-invasive sampling method and is suitable for all age groups. In daily life, some individual paternity test clients prefer to collect hair samples, and it should be noted here that when collecting hair samples, hair with follicles need to be plucked directly by hand, while cut or naturally shed hair is not allowed, and should not be used by children under 5 years of age or those with poor hair quality; it is recommended that hair can generally be collected from children over 10 years of age.
