Texas Statutes
§ 160.507 — ADDITIONAL GENETIC TESTING.
Texas § 160.507
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Bluebook
Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 160.507 (2026).
Text
Sec. 160.507. ADDITIONAL GENETIC TESTING. The court or the support enforcement agency shall order additional genetic testing on the request of a party who contests the result of the original testing. If the previous genetic testing identified a man as the father of the child under Section 160.505 , the court or agency may not order additional testing unless the party provides advance payment for the testing.
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Related
Teresa Marie Shield, Matthew Wilson, and Robert Heck v. Bio-Synthesis, Inc., DNA Testing Centre, Inc., and Rita Chen, Ph.D.
(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2022)
Legislative History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
Nearby Sections
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§ 160.001
APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.§ 160.002
CONFLICTS BETWEEN PROVISIONS.§ 160.101
SHORT TITLE.§ 160.102
DEFINITIONS.§ 160.103
SCOPE OF CHAPTER; CHOICE OF LAW.§ 160.104
AUTHORIZED COURTS.§ 160.105
PROTECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.§ 160.106
DETERMINATION OF MATERNITY.§ 160.204
PRESUMPTION OF PATERNITY.§ 160.301
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY.§ 160.303
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Texas § 160.507, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/FA/160.507.