Consequences of declining genetic testing.

  1. Law
  2. New Mexico Statutes
  3. Domestic Affairs
  4. New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
  5. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
  6. Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage
  7. Consequences of declining genetic testing.

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A. An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.

B. If a person whose paternity is being determined declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the district court, the district court for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of the person who declines.

C. Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a condition precedent to testing the child and a man whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the district court may order the testing of the child and every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.

History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 6-622.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.


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