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Title 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Part 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Chapter 53: PATERNITY
Subchapter 1: PATERNITY
§1564

§1563. Admissible evidence

1.  Evidence of paternity; admissible.  In an action brought under this subchapter, evidence relating to paternity may include, but is not limited to:  
A. An expert's opinion concerning the time of conception;   [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
B. Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at a possible time of conception;   [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
C. Medical, scientific or genetic evidence relating to the alleged father's paternity of the child based upon tests performed by experts; or   [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
D. The statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity based upon the blood or tissue tests.   [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
[PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
2.  Inadmissible evidence. 
[PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. B, §10 (RP); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. B, §10 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).
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