{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-500","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-500","heading":"Challenge to genetic testing results.","body":"(a) Subject to a challenge under subsection (b) of this section, a person is identified under sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive, as a genetic parent of a child if genetic testing complies with said sections and the results of the testing disclose: (1) The person has not less than a ninety-nine per cent probability of parentage, using a prior probability of 0.50, as calculated by using the combined relationship index obtained in the testing; and (2) a combined relationship index of not less than one hundred to one.\n(b) A person identified under subsection (a) of this section as a genetic parent of the child may challenge the genetic testing results only by other genetic testing satisfying the requirements of sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive, that:\n(1) Excludes the person as a genetic parent of the child; or\n(2) Identifies another person as a possible genetic parent of the child other than: (A) The person who gave birth to the child; or (B) the person identified under subsection (a) of this section.\n(c) If more than one person other than the person who gave birth is identified by genetic testing as a possible genetic parent of the child, the court shall order each person to submit to further genetic testing to identify a genetic parent.","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-500","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":"7c9bc0720c36a1a700dd2a24d026cef02b13adc2fc5820859fa1a832cb33deba","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-499","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}