§ 603. Court order for testing
(a) Order to submit to genetic testing. Except as provided in section 615 of this title or as otherwise provided in this chapter, upon motion the court may order a child and other persons to submit to genetic testing.
(b) Presumption of genetic parentage. Genetic testing of the person who gave birth to a child shall not be ordered to prove that such person is the genetic parent unless there is a reasonable, good faith basis to dispute genetic parentage.
(c) In utero testing. A court shall not order in utero genetic testing.
(d) Concurrent or sequential testing. If two or more persons are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially. (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