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Contract - DNA Paternity and Relationship Testing

IMMD, Institute of Medical Molecular Diagnostics GmbH
Schoenhauser Allee 118
D-10437 Berlin

Client Information

* First name, surname:
* Street:
* City:
* Postal code:
* Country:
Tel.:
Fax:
Email:
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- hereinafter referred to as the Client -

hereby conclude the following contract:

1. General Provisions

IMMD shall provide an expert opinion on descent ( paternity or relationship testing ), the result of which shall either exclude paternity or confirm it to a very high degree of certainty. You can either commission the expert opinion on descent as

a scientific expert opinion, without the "Record on Sampling and Proof of Identity"
or as an expert opinion admissible in court, including "Record on Sampling and Proof of Identity", according to the Guidelines of the German Medical Association

Even though the scientific opinion may be regarded as equal to an opinion admissible in court, as regards the performance of the test and safety of the test outcome, it cannot be recognised by a court. For this purpose, the proof of the origin of the samples is required, in conformity with the form "Record on Sampling and Proof of Identity" in the Annex.

IMMD assures Client confidentiality within the framework of patient/physician confidentiality.

The Client guarantees that all samples are taken with the consent of the test subjects or their legal representatives, in accordance with Point 3, and that no personality rights of the persons concerned have been breached in connection with taking or obtaining the samples.

The Client furthermore guarantees the identity of the test samples, in so far as they have not been taken in the presence of witnesses at IMMD, as well as the correctness of the details under Point 3.

IMMD guarantees the Client the production of the test result.

2. Prices and Terms of Payment

IMMD must receive advance payment either as a money transfer or as a cashier`s check.

Routine Test

The prices include 16 % VAT and the servicing of the test tubes and contract by standard letter.

X^*	Service	Sample material	Price
	Paternity testing admissible in court, comprising father/child or father/mother/child.^** Form "Record on Sampling and Proof of Identity" has to be filled out completely. Find the form here: for Word or for Acrobat Reader	buccal swab / blood	€ 500,--
	Paternity testing for private purpose, comprising father/child or father/mother/child. standard test.	buccal swab / blood	€ 200,--
	Paternity testing for private purpose with sampling performed at IMMD ( father/child or father/mother/ child ). Upon sampling at our laboratory, cash payment is required. standard test.	buccal swab / blood	€ 180,--
	Any additional child or any additional alleged father.	buccal swab / blood	€ 160,-- in addition per person
	Repeat of a test including a new person.	buccal swab / blood	€ 180,--
	Following consultation, also other sample materials.^***	tooth brush, chewing gum, hair roots, textile remains etc	€ 75,-- in addition per sample
	Relationship testing; for instance, between alleged siblings, half siblings, grandparents and grandchildren etc.Coordination with lab is required.	buccal swab / blood	as of € 400,--
	DNA relationship testing admissible in court	buccal swab / blood	as of € 650,--
	Express testing following coordination with the lab. Results are usually conveyed within 3 to 4 working days.	buccal swab / blood	€ 200,--in addition per test

^* (please tick as appropriate)

^** The father/mother/child test will always achieve a higher degree of security than a father/child test.

^*** We would like to point out expressly that no guarantee can be issued for other samples than blood and saliva. Due to the great number of error possibilities in sample taking (e.g. of hair roots, chewing gum etc.), please consult the IMMD laboratory.

Please contact us for bank account details. Following the receipt of payment as well as of the signed contract and the test samples by IMMD, the Opinion on Descent shall be performed.

3 Test Persons and test procedure

Please fill in the following table with the details of the test persons.

No.	Surname, first name	Date of birth	Alleged relationship (e.g. 1 is the father of 2, 3 is the mother of 2 etc.)	Sample material^* ( e.g. buccal swab, blood, toothbrush etc.)
1
2
3
4

Descent: European: () Asian: () African: ()

(please tick as appropriate)

^* We would like to point out that an independent repeat of the test is only possible upon submitting 2 sample materials (e.g. 2 toothbrushes) per person.

Please tick as appropriate:

	Sampling by Client			Other sample materials (labelled, in plastic foil)
	Sampling by IMMD

Only for saliva samples sent in: Please follow the following procedure for taking oral mucosa with a buccal swab:

Please use two swabs per test person!
Don't eat or drink anything for an hour before the test!
Please don't forget to label both tubes with the name of the test person!
For sampling with the swab, please rub to and fro vigorously 10 times on the inside of each cheek (It is important to rub in order to collect a sufficient number of oral mucosal cells). Never touch the swab head with your fingers!
In a next step, both swabs should dry in the air for at least two hours. For this purpose, the swabs are introduced into the plastic tube for a few centimetres only and let lie.
After drying, the tube is placed firmly on to the swab grips and the thus sealed tube is put into an envelope and sent in by post.

Communicating the outcome

Usually, the Client will receive the test result from IMMD within two weeks.

The Client may determine the way in which the test outcome is to be communicated.

Please tick:

	I want to receive the test outcome by post.
	I want to receive the test outcome by fax.
	I want to receive the test outcome by e-mail.
	I want to collect the test outcome in person.

No outcome will be communicated over the telephone.

Any compensation claims, connected directly or indirectly with the test outcome, are excluded expressly.

In case one or several stipulations of this Contract lose their validity, the validity of the remaining stipulations shall remain unaffected.

Berlin, Germany is the legal venue.

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