§Texas Family CodeOfficial text, fully linked

§ 160.506 Costs of 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.

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