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2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs
Article 11A - New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
Article 5 - GENETIC TESTING
Section 40-11A-506 - Costs of genetic testing.
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NM Stat § 40-11A-506 (2021)
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A. Subject to assessment of costs pursuant to Article 6 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, the cost of initial genetic testing shall be advanced:
(1) by a support-enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support-enforcement agency is providing services;
(2) by the person who made the request;
(3) as agreed by the parties; or
(4) as ordered by the district court.
B. In cases in which the cost is advanced by the support-enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 5-506.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
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