Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-500

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 46b-500 - Testing results; challenge
(a) Subject to a challenge under subsection (b) of this section, a person is identified under sections 40 to 50, inclusive, of this act as a genetic parent of a child if genetic testing complies with said sections and the results of the testing disclose:
(1) The person has not less than a ninety-nine per cent probability of parentage, using a prior probability of 0.50, as calculated by using the combined relationship index obtained in the testing; and
(2) a combined relationship index of not less than one hundred to one.
(b) A person identified under subsection (a) of this section as a genetic parent of the child may challenge the genetic testing results only by other genetic testing satisfying the requirements of sections 40 to 50, inclusive, of this act that:
(1) Excludes the person as a genetic parent of the child; or
(2) Identifies another person as a possible genetic parent of the child other than:
(A) The person who gave birth to the child; or
(B) the person identified under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) If more than one person other than the person who gave birth is identified by genetic testing as a possible genetic parent of the child, the court shall order each person to submit to further genetic testing to identify a genetic parent.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-500

Added by P.A. 21-0015, S. 45 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 1/1/2022.