Section 40-11A-506 – Costs of genetic testing

May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

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.

NMS § 40-11A-506

Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 5 -506.