COSTS OF GENETIC TESTING
Known as the Uniform Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Office of Attorney General of Texas (2006)
Most recently applied in In Re Office of Attorney General of Texas (April 2006)
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff
(a) Subject to the assessment of costs under Subchapter G, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:
(1) by a support enforcement agency, if the agency is providing services in the proceeding;
(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 of genetic testing is advanced by the support enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.