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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.622

CONSEQUENCES OF DECLINING GENETIC TESTING

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

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

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

(a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.

(b) A court may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of an individual whose paternity is being determined on the grounds that the individual declines to submit to genetic testing as ordered by the court.

(c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a prerequisite to testing the child and a man whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the court may order the testing of the child and each man whose paternity is being adjudicated.

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