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Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 8-506

Costs of genetic testing

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 13-8-101 to 13-8-904 (83 sections).

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(a) Subject to assessment of costs under subchapter VI of this chapter, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:

(1) By a support-enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support-enforcement agency is providing services;

(2) By the individual who made the request;

(3) As agreed by the parties; or

(4) As ordered by the court.

(b) In cases in which the cost is advanced by the support-enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father.

Official source: Delaware Code Online. Reproduced from public-domain Delaware statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.