Court-admissible. Lab-certified. Built around one conviction: your family deserves documentation that holds up anywhere.
Coastal Paternity was founded and is operated by Denise R. Drake, RN, BS, CLNC and Breana Smalls, B.A., CPT. Together, they bring clinical precision and compassionate client care to every case.
Based in Beaufort, South Carolina, Coastal Paternity serves clients throughout the Eastern Corridor of the United States — from the Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast — providing court-admissible DNA testing and chain-of-custody drug testing for families, legal professionals, employers, and military families.
Partnered with AABB and New York State–accredited laboratories, every result we deliver meets the evidentiary standards required by courts, immigration authorities, and federal agencies.
For IVF and gestational surrogacy families: Born. Documented. Protected.™
With 38 years of clinical nursing practice and certification as a Legal Nurse Consultant, Denise founded Coastal Paternity to bring the rigor of clinical documentation to biological parentage verification. Her dual expertise in nursing and legal consulting ensures every collection meets the evidentiary standards required by courts and federal agencies.
Breana oversees the day-to-day operations of Coastal Paternity, bringing both clinical and administrative excellence to every client interaction. As a Certified Phlebotomist and holder of a Bachelor of Arts, she leads client services, case coordination, and specimen collection — ensuring every collection is handled with precision, discretion, and care.
Serving families, attorneys, and employers across the Eastern Corridor of the U.S.