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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.502

ORDER FOR TESTING

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of B.S.W., a Child (2002)

Most recently applied in in Re the Dallas Group of America, Inc. and Action Personnel, Inc. (May 2014)

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter and by Subchapter G, a court shall order a child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request is made by a party to a proceeding to determine parentage.

(b) If a request for genetic testing of a child is made before the birth of the child, the court or support enforcement agency may not order in utero testing.

(c) If two or more men are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.