A. An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.
B. If a person whose paternity is being determined declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the district court, the district court for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of the person who declines.
C. Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a condition precedent to testing the child and a man whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the district court may order the testing of the child and every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 6-622.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 11A - New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
Article 6 - PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
Part 2 - Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage
Section 40-11A-621 - Admissibility of results of genetic testing; expenses.
Section 40-11A-622 - Consequences of declining genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-623 - Admission of paternity authorized.
Section 40-11A-624 - Temporary order.