{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-497","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-497","heading":"Authority to order or deny genetic testing.","body":"(a) Except as provided in sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive, in any proceeding under sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, and in any proceeding under section 46b-571, to adjudicate parentage, the Superior Court, Probate Court or a family support magistrate shall order the child and any other person to submit to genetic testing if a request for testing is supported by the sworn statement of a party:\n(1) Alleging a reasonable possibility that the person is the child's genetic parent; or\n(2) Denying genetic parentage of the child.\n(b) A child support agency shall require genetic testing only if there is no presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated parent of a child other than the person who gave birth to the child.\n(c) The Superior Court, Probate Court, a family support magistrate or child support agency may not order in utero genetic testing.\n(d) If two or more persons are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the Superior Court, Probate Court or a family support magistrate may order that testing be completed concurrently or sequentially.\n(e) Genetic testing of a person who gave birth to a child is not a condition precedent to testing of the child and a person whose genetic parentage of the child is being determined. If the person is unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the Superior Court, Probate Court or a family support magistrate may order genetic testing of the child and each person whose genetic parentage of the child is being adjudicated.\n(f) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed parent or a person who claims to be a parent under section 46b-490, the Superior Court, Probate Court or a family support magistrate may deny a motion for genetic testing of the child and any other person after considering the factors set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 46b-475.\n(g) If a person requesting genetic testing is barred under section 46b-469, 46b-483, 46b-489, 46b-503 or 46b-510 from establishing the person's parentage, the Superior Court, Probate Court or a family support magistrate shall deny the request for genetic testing.\n(h) A default judgment may be ordered against a person who refuses to submit to court-mandated genetic testing under this section and in accordance with subsection (g) of section 46b-560.","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-497","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":"29fdea33da41db10e1b7154b5e1f242d3592731695a4efdc1d8348e9b55d9bd7","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-496","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-498"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}