Texas Family Code

§ 160.506 — COSTS OF GENETIC TESTING

FA § 160.506Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 160. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT · Art. F. GENETIC TESTING

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(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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.