Delaware § 8-506 Costs of genetic testing

Delaware Statutes

§ 8-506 — Costs of genetic testing

Delaware § 8-506

Title13

Ch. 8UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT

Subch.Genetic Testing

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Del. Code tit. 13, § 8-506 (2026).

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(a)Subject to assessment of costs under subchapter VI of this chapter, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:

(1)By a support-enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support-enforcement agency is providing services;

(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 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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(a) Subject to assessment of costs under subchapter VI of this chapter, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:

(1) By a support-enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support-enforcement agency is providing services;

(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 is advanced by the support-enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father.