78B-15-614 - Consequences of failing to submit to genetic testing. - Utah Statutes

78B-15-614. Consequences of failing to submit to genetic testing.
(1) An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt.
(2) If an individual whose paternity is being determined fails to submit to genetic testingordered by the tribunal, the tribunal for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to theposition of that individual.
(3) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a condition precedent to testing thechild and a man whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is unavailable or fails tosubmit to genetic testing, the tribunal may order the testing of the child and every man who ispotentially the father of the child.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session