GroundRules
Ala. Code § 26-17-622: Consequences of Declining Genetic Testing.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.
- Chapter 17 Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.
- Article 6 Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.
- Part 2 Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage.
(a) A court order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.
(b) If a party declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the court, the court for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of that party.
(c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a condition precedent 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 every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
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