A. The district court may order genetic testing of a brother of a man identified as the father of a child if the man is commonly believed to have an identical brother and evidence suggests that the brother may be the genetic father of the child.
B. If each brother satisfies the requirements as the identified father of the child pursuant to Section 5-505 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act without consideration of another identical brother being identified as the father of the child, the district court may rely on nongenetic evidence to adjudicate which brother is the father of the child.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 5-510.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 11A - New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
Section 40-11A-501 - Scope of article.
Section 40-11A-502 - Order for testing.
Section 40-11A-503 - Requirements for genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-504 - Report of genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-505 - Genetic testing results; rebuttal.
Section 40-11A-506 - Costs of genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-507 - Additional genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-508 - Genetic testing when specimens not available.
Section 40-11A-509 - Deceased person.