Tex. Family Code § 160.622
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 160.622, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 160.622. CONSEQUENCES OF DECLINING GENETIC TESTING.
Official statutory text
(a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.
(b) A court may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of an individual whose paternity is being determined on the grounds that the individual declines to submit to genetic testing as ordered by the court.
(c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a prerequisite 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 court may order the testing of the child and each man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
(b) A court may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of an individual whose paternity is being determined on the grounds that the individual declines to submit to genetic testing as ordered by the court.
(c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a prerequisite 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 court may order the testing of the child and each man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
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