Texas Estates Code

§ 204.103 — CONTESTING RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING

ES § 204.103Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 204. GENETIC TESTING IN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP · Art. C. RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING

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(a)A party to a proceeding to declare heirship who contests the results of genetic testing may call one or more genetic testing experts to testify in person or by telephone, videoconference, deposition, or another method approved by the court.

(b)Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the party offering the testimony under Subsection (a) bears the expense for the expert testifying.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.