| | | (1)__Has been found and is attached to the certificate | | of search; or |
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| | | 3.__File with court.__A petitioner must file the certificate | | of search with the court before a proceeding for adoption of, or | | termination of parental rights regarding, a child may be | | concluded. |
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| | | §1893.__Admissibility of registered information |
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| | | A certificate of search of the registry of paternity in this | | State or another state is admissible in a proceeding for adoption | | of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child and, if | | relevant, in other legal proceedings. |
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| | | §1901.__Scope of subchapter |
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| | | This subchapter governs genetic testing of an individual to | | determine parentage, whether the individual: |
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| | | 1.__Voluntary.__Voluntarily submits to testing; or |
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| | | 2.__Pursuant to order.__Is tested pursuant to an order of the | | court or a support enforcement agency. |
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| | | (This is section 501 of the UPA.) |
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| | | This section is intended to avoid problems with regard to the | | admissibility of the results of voluntary genetic testing. | | Testing is often agreed upon to avoid the cost and delay | | engendered by requiring a proceeding to be filed before the | | results of genetic testing can be admitted as evidence. If the | | test excludes the man's paternity, an unnecessary step has been | | avoided. |
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| | | §1902.__Order for testing |
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| | | 1.__Order to submit to genetic testing.__Except as otherwise | | provided in this subchapter and subchapter 6, the court shall | | order the child and other designated individuals to submit to | | genetic testing if the request for testing is supported by the | | sworn statement of a party to the proceeding: |
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