Tex. Family Code § 160.506
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 160.506, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 160.506. COSTS OF GENETIC TESTING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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