Tex. Fam. Code § 160.507 · Subchapter F. GENETIC TESTING
ADDITIONAL GENETIC TESTING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court or the support enforcement agency shall order additional genetic testing on 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 160.505, the court or agency may not order additional testing unless the party provides advance payment for the testing.
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History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm
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