§ 601. Scope This chapter governs procedures and requirements of genetic testing and genetic testing results of a person to determine parentage and adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing, whether the person voluntarily submits to testing or is tested pursuant to an order of the court. Genetic testing shall not be used to challenge […]
§ 602. Requirements for genetic testing Genetic testing shall be of a type reasonably relied upon by scientific and medical experts in the field of genetic testing and performed in a testing laboratory accredited by a national association of blood banks or an accrediting body designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health […]
§ 603. Court order for testing (a) Order to submit to genetic testing. Except as provided in section 615 of this title or as otherwise provided in this chapter, upon motion the court may order a child and other persons to submit to genetic testing. (b) Presumption of genetic parentage. Genetic testing of the person […]
§ 604. Genetic testing results (a) A person shall be identified as a genetic parent of a child if the genetic testing of the person complies with this chapter and the results of testing disclose that the individual has at least a 99 percent probability of parentage as determined by the testing laboratory. (b) Identification […]
§ 605. Report of genetic testing (a) A report of genetic testing shall be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this chapter is self-authenticating. (b) A party in possession of results of genetic testing shall provide such results […]
§ 606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing (a) Production of results; notice. Unless waived by the parties, a party intending to rely on the results of genetic testing shall do all of the following: (1) make the test results available to the other parties to the parentage action at least 15 days prior to […]
§ 607. Additional genetic testing The court shall order additional genetic testing upon the request of a party who contests the result of the initial testing. If the initial genetic testing identified a person as a genetic parent of the child under section 604 of this title, the court shall not order additional testing unless […]
§ 608. Consequences of declining genetic testing (a) If a person whose parentage is being determined under this chapter declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the court, the court for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of that person. (b) Genetic testing of the person who gave birth to a […]
§ 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing (a)(1) If genetic testing results pursuant to section 604 of this title exclude a person as the genetic parent of a child, the court shall find that person is not a genetic parent of the child and may not adjudicate the person as the child’s parent […]
§ 610. Costs of genetic testing (a) The costs of initial genetic testing shall be paid: (1) by the Office of Child Support in a proceeding in which the Office is providing services, if the Office requests such testing; (2) as agreed by the parties or, if the parties cannot agree, by the person who […]
§ 611. Genetic testing when specimens not available (a) If a genetic testing specimen is not available from an alleged genetic parent of a child, for good cause the court may order the following persons to submit specimens for genetic testing: (1) the parents of the alleged genetic parent; (2) a sibling of the alleged […]
§ 612. Deceased person For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing of a deceased person. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 613. Identical sibling (a) The court may order genetic testing of a person who is believed to have an identical sibling if evidence suggests the sibling may be the genetic parent of the child. (b) If more than one sibling is identified as a genetic parent of the child, the court may rely on […]
§ 614. Confidentiality of genetic testing (a) A report of genetic testing for parentage is exempt from public inspection and copying under the Public Records Act and shall be kept confidential and released only as provided in this title. (b) A person shall not intentionally release a report of genetic testing or the genetic material […]
§ 615. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing or admission of test results (a) Grounds for denial. In a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, the court may deny a motion seeking an order for genetic testing or deny admissibility of the test results at trial if it determines that: (1) the conduct of the […]
§ 616. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault (a) In a proceeding in which a person is alleged to have committed a sexual assault that resulted in the birth of a child, the person giving birth may seek to preclude the establishment of the other person’s parentage. (b) This section shall not […]
