Editing DNA paternity testing (section)

===Israel===
A paternity test that holds legal standing must be ordered by a family court. Although parents can access "peace of mind" parental tests from overseas laboratories, family courts are not obliged to accept these tests as evidence. Additionally, it is illegal to collect genetic material for a paternity test from a minor over 16 years of age without the minor's consent.

Family courts have the authority to order paternity tests even against the father's wishes in cases involving divorce, child support, and other matters like determining heirs or settling population registry questions. A man who wishes to prove that he is not the father of a child registered as his is entitled to a paternity test, regardless of the mother and guardian's objections. 

Paternity tests are not conducted if there is a belief that it could lead to the mother's death. Until 2007, such tests were also not ordered when there was a possibility that the child of a married woman could have been fathered by a man other than her husband, which would designate the child as a ''[[mamzer]]'' under Jewish law.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 21, 2007 |title=Court Orders Paternity Test Despite 'Mamzer' Factor - Israel National News |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/138511#.UPtikCfs6zo |website=Israel National News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sinai |first=Ruth |date=22 October 2008 |title=Court May Side With Husband on Paternity Test |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/court-may-side-with-husband-on-paternity-test-1.255798 |newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ilan |first=Shahar |date=24 July 2008 |title=MKs Okay Paternity Testing |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/mks-okay-paternity-testing-1.250360 |newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>