Texas Family Code

§ 160.621 — ADMISSIBILITY OF RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING; EXPENSES

FA § 160.621Title 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. G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

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(a)Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), a report of a genetic testing expert is admissible as evidence of the truth of the facts asserted in the report. The admissibility of the report is not affected by whether the testing was performed:

(1)voluntarily or under an order of the court or a support enforcement agency; or

(2)before or after the date of commencement of the proceeding.

(b)A party objecting to 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. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the party offering the testimony bears the expense for the expert testifying.

(c)If a child has a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father, the results of genetic testing are inadmissible to adjudicate parentage unless performed:

(1)with the consent of both the mother and the presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father; or

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Legislative history

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