{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-495","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-495","heading":"Genetic testing. Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive:\n(1) “Combined relationship index” means the product of all tested relationship indices.\n(2) “Ethnic or racial group” means, for the purpose of genetic testing, a recognized group that a person identifies as the person's ancestry or part of the ancestry or that is identified by other information.\n(3) “Hypothesized genetic relationship” means an asserted genetic relationship between a person and a child.\n(4) “Probability of parentage” means, for the ethnic or racial group to which a person alleged to be a parent belongs, the probability that a hypothesized genetic relationship is supported, compared to the probability that a genetic relationship is supported between the child and a random person of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship, expressed as a percentage incorporating the combined relationship index and a prior probability.\n(5) “Relationship index” means a likelihood ratio that compares the probability of a genetic marker given a hypothesized genetic relationship and the probability of the genetic marker given a genetic relationship between the child and a random person of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 818. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT AND PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS","PART I. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_818.htm#sec_46b-495","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"a6b8940908778f5ecb56957648d85259ab24351b0445ed5c4811e4af4d380526","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-492-to-46b-494","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-496"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}