§ 601. Scope
This chapter governs procedures and requirements of genetic testing and genetic testing results of a person to determine parentage and adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing, whether the person voluntarily submits to testing or is tested pursuant to an order of the court. Genetic testing shall not be used to challenge the parentage of a person who is a parent by operation of law under chapter 7 or 8 of this title or to establish the parentage of a person who is a donor. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 15C - Parentage Proceedings
§ 602. Requirements for genetic testing
§ 603. Court order for testing
§ 604. Genetic testing results
§ 605. Report of genetic testing
§ 606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing
§ 607. Additional genetic testing
§ 608. Consequences of declining genetic testing
§ 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing
§ 610. Costs of genetic testing
§ 611. Genetic testing when specimens not available
§ 614. Confidentiality of genetic testing
§ 615. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing or admission of test results
§ 616. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault