• Does the company act as a broker or do they have their own laboratory? DNA QLD is a Queensland owned and based testing laboratory and samples are processed in Brisbane and not overseas

•  Are they NATA accredited? DNA QLD is accredited by NATA which is the highest standard of accreditation offered in Australia

• Do they analyse their samples with a sequencer or do they run a gel? DNA analyses samples using a capillary sequencer, not the cheaper and unreliable gel systems. DNA QLD processes the legal and non-legal samples through the same technology.

• Do they use internationally reproducible and recognised paternity kits or do they make‘in house’ kits which have no reproducibility? DNA QLD uses commercially validated kits used by the top forensic facilities in the world for all our samples

• Are you able to speak to the scientist handling your case or just a call centre operator? yes, we have a scientist to discuss your case in office hours and an on call scientist for after hour inquiries.

•  Is the company able to offer a referral to a counsellor? DNA QLD has an in- house counsellor and can offer a referral to a Clinical Psychologist

DNAQ uses the latest DNA technology to provide results with 99.9999% accuracy that is fully admissible under the Family Law Courts of Australia. Companies offering less expensive testing on internet sites have no accreditation for that test and may be located overseas. DNA technology is expensive and basically it is a case of ‘buyer beware’ with cheap overseas companies. DNAQ proof of parentage is accurate to 99.9999%. If testing was advertised with 99.99% proof of parentage, this would be 100 times less accurate than DNAQ testing. Many of these companies are not based or do not have their laboratories in Australia, and therefore the testing is not being done under the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) regulations for the Australian Family Law Courts.

You can order the test online or download the application form here. You can also call us on 07 3340 0238 to do your application over the phone. You will need the details of all persons involved in testing and your preferred method of payment ready to complete your application.

All test results will be sent by Australia Post to the mother and alleged father. Your results are confidential and no results or information will be given to anyone other than yourself. Results may be sent to your lawyer upon request and to the Department of Immigration if your test is for Immigration purposes.

Results are printed on official DNAQ report forms. Our reporting scientists are accredited by the Family Law Court of Australia to sign these reports. Only original copies are accepted as official reports. Results will not be given over the phone. Fax results can only be sent if a written request via Fax has been sent by your legal representative. Email copies may be sent if authorized at the time of sample collection.

Once ALL the samples have been received at the laboratory, the results will be available in 5 to 10 working days*. DNA QLD aims to have your results back to you as soon as possible. For 95% of our clients, this is less than 5 days. Express options are available for an additional cost. Please call DNAQ to arrange.

* In some cases the turn-around-time may be delayed due to incorrect paperwork completed by the client, or the sample being collected incorrectly. If not enough DNA is collected, the sample will need to be re-processed and this can delay the results up to 10 working days. Power failure, equipment failure, or natural disaster may also delay testing. In such instances DNAQ will aim to notify you of the delay to you results.