Section 26-17-501 Scope of article. This article governs genetic testing of an individual to determine parentage, whether the individual: (1) voluntarily submits to testing; or (2) is tested pursuant to an order of the court or the Alabama Department of Human Resources. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-502 Order for testing. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and Article 6, the court shall order the child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request for testing is made by a party to the proceeding, the Alabama Department of Human Resources, or the representative of the […]
Section 26-17-503 Requirements for genetic testing. (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the field of genetic testing and performed in a testing laboratory accredited by: (1) the American Association of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions; (2) the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, or […]
Section 26-17-504 Report of genetic testing. (a) A report of genetic testing must 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 article is self-authenticating. (b) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish […]
Section 26-17-505 Genetic testing results; rebuttal. (a) Under this chapter, a man is rebuttably identified as the father of a child if the genetic testing complies with this article and the results disclose that: (1) the man has at least a 99 percent probability of paternity, using a prior probability of 0.50, as calculated by […]
Section 26-17-506 Costs of genetic testing. (a) Subject to assessment of costs under Article 6, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced: (1) by the Alabama Department of Human Resources in a proceeding in which the Alabama Department of Human Resources is providing services, except when alternative arrangements have been made between the […]
Section 26-17-507 Additional genetic testing. The court or the Alabama Department of Human Resources pursuant to Section 30-3-197 shall order additional genetic testing upon the request of a party who contests the result of the original testing. If the previous genetic testing identified a man as the father of the child under Section 26-17-505, the […]
Section 26-17-508 Genetic testing when specimens not available. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if a genetic-testing specimen is not available from an individual who may be the mother or the father of a child, for good cause and under circumstances the court considers to be just, the court may order the following individuals to submit […]
Section 26-17-509 Deceased individual. For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing of a deceased individual. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
Section 26-17-510 Identical brothers. (a) The court may order genetic testing of a brother of a man identified as the father of a child if the man is commonly believed to have an identical brother and evidence suggests that the brother may be the genetic father of the child. (b) If each brother satisfies the […]
Section 26-17-511 Confidentiality of genetic testing. An individual who intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another individual for any purpose other than that relevant to the proceeding regarding parentage without a court order or the written permission of the individual who furnished the specimen commits a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)
