Texas § 204.053 ORDER AND ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS FOR SUBSEQUENT GENETIC TESTING.

Texas Statutes

§ 204.053 — ORDER AND ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS FOR SUBSEQUENT GENETIC TESTING.

Texas § 204.053

Code ESEstates Code

This text of Texas § 204.053 (ORDER AND ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS FOR SUBSEQUENT GENETIC TESTING.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 204.053 (2026).

Text

Sec. 204.053. ORDER AND ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS FOR SUBSEQUENT GENETIC TESTING.

(a)Subject to Subsection (b), the court shall order genetic testing subsequent to the testing conducted under Section 204.051 if:

(1)a party to the proceeding to declare heirship contests the results of the genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 ; and

(2)the party contesting the results requests that additional testing be conducted.

(b)If the results of the genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 identify a tested individual as an heir of the decedent, the court may order additional genetic testing in accordance with Subsection (a) only if the party contesting those results pays for the additional testing in advance.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 204.053. ORDER AND ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS FOR SUBSEQUENT GENETIC TESTING. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the court shall order genetic testing subsequent to the testing conducted under Section 204.051 if:
(1) a party to the proceeding to declare heirship contests the results of the genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 ; and
(2) the party contesting the results requests that additional testing be conducted.
(b) If the results of the genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 identify a tested individual as an heir of the decedent, the court may order additional genetic testing in accordance with Subsection (a) only if the party contesting those results pays for the additional testing in advance.