| B.__By the individual who made the request; |
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| C.__As agreed by the parties; or |
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| D.__As ordered by the court. |
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| | 2.__Reimbursement.__In cases in which the cost is advanced by | the support enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement | from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father. |
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| | (This is section 506 of the UPA.) |
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| | Source: UPA (1973) § 11; 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(B)(ii)(I), see | Appendix: Federal IV-D Statute Relating to Parentage, infra; | Little v. Streater, 452 U.S. 1, (1981). |
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| | In general, the party seeking relief from a court must bear | the cost of the initial genetic testing. The federal law mandates | that the support enforcement agency pay the cost of testing, | subject to recoupment. Subsection (a)(3) does present the | possibility that a court might order a respondent to pay the | initial cost. |
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| §1907.__Additional genetic testing |
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| | The court or the support enforcement agency shall order | additional genetic testing upon the request of a party who | contests the result of the original testing. If the previous | genetic testing identified a man as the father of the child under | section 1905, the court or agency may not order additional | testing unless the party provides advance payment for the | testing. |
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| | (This is section 507 of the UPA.) |
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| | Source: UPA (1973) § 11; 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(B)(ii)(II). |
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| | Obviously the opportunity for additional testing should be | provided if the original testing is contested in good faith, see | Appendix: Federal IV-D Statute Relating to Parentage, infra. The | requirement that the contestant provide advance payment if prior | testing has identified a man as the father is intended to | discourage spurious contests. This section provides the most | important mechanism for determining the accuracy of a paternity | test. While extremely rare, even after initial tests indicate a | probability of paternity greater than 99.99% it is theoretically |
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