The costs of the blood or other tests required by the court and the compensation of each expert witness appointed by the court shall be fixed at a reasonable amount. It shall be paid as the court shall order. The court may order that it be paid by the parties in such proportions and at such times as it shall prescribe, and that, after payment by either of the parties or both, all or part or none of it be taxed as costs in the action. The fee of an expert witness called by a party but not appointed by the court shall be paid by the party calling him but shall not be taxed as costs in the action.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 93-9-5. Application of Uniform Law on Paternity
§ 93-9-7. Obligations of father
§ 93-9-11. Limitation on recovery from father
§ 93-9-13. Limitation on recovery from father's estate
§ 93-9-15. Jurisdiction and remedies; right to trial by jury
§ 93-9-19. Time of trial; perpetuation of testimony
§ 93-9-25. Blood tests and other tests; costs; compensation of experts
§ 93-9-30. Full faith and credit to foreign paternity determinations
§ 93-9-33. Commitment for contempt
§ 93-9-37. False declaration of identity
§ 93-9-43. Prosecuting official
§ 93-9-47. No explicit reference to illegitimacy to appear in certain records