Utah Statutes
§ 81-5-617 — Requirements for adjudication of parentage.
Utah·Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code·Ch. 81-5 Uniform Parentage Act·Part 81-5-6 Adjudication of Parentage
(1)In an adjudication of the parentage of a child, the tribunal may only disprove the parentage of a child having a presumed father, declarant father, or adjudicated father if there are admissible results of genetic testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father of the child.
(2)Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, or except as provided in Section 81-5-608, the tribunal shall adjudicate a man identified as the father of a child under Section 81-5-505 as the father of the child.
(3)If the tribunal finds that genetic testing under Section 81-5-505 does not identify or exclude a man as the father of a child, the tribunal:
(3)(a) may not dismiss the proceeding; and
(3)(b) shall order fur
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Legislative History
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session
Nearby Sections
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§ 81-1-101
Definitions for title.§ 81-1-201
Definitions for part.§ 81-10-101
Definitions for chapter.§ 81-10-102
Remedies for noncompliance.§ 81-10-103
Jurisdiction.§ 81-10-104
Notification required of deploying parent.§ 81-10-105
Duty to notify of change of address.§ 81-10-201
Form of agreement.§ 81-10-202
Nature of authority created by agreement.§ 81-10-203
Modification of agreement.§ 81-10-204
Power of attorney.