Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-565
The costs of genetic tests carried out pursuant to the Connecticut Parentage Act shall be chargeable against the party making the motion for genetic tests, provided if the court finds that such party is a low-income obligor, as defined in the child support guidelines established pursuant to section 46b-215a, or is otherwise indigent and unable to pay such costs, such costs shall be paid by the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-565
(1957, P.A. 367; P.A. 81-433, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-360, S. 41, 45; P.A. 93-329, S. 10; P.A. 94-93; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 20, 38; P.A. 06-149, S. 10 .)
Annotations to former section 52-184 : Cited. 170 Conn. 367 . Cited. 32 CS 619 . Not mandatory that all parties be present for test at same time. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 363. Admission of inconclusive blood tests harmless to defendant where other evidence of his paternity was sufficient to sustain verdict. Id., 713. Annotations to former section 46b-168: Cited. 188 Conn. 354 ; 196 Conn. 403 ; Id., 413. Admissibility of the results from combined blood grouping and human leukocyte antigen testing is not precluded by statute. 201 Conn. 16 . Cited. 221 C. 264 ; 225 Conn. 185 ; 228 C. 610 , 614; 234 Conn. 51 . Cited. 9 CA 431 ; 10 CA 181 ; 25 CA 155 ; 33 Conn.App. 632 ; 36 CA 138 ; 40 CA 33 . Use of the words "shall" and "may" in section indicates an affirmative selection of words with a specific intent to make use of each word's distinctive meaning; where, as here, the statutory language is clear and unambiguous, there is no room for construction. 35 Conn.Supp. 679 . Trial court had no authority to order Department of Social Services to pay the cost of blood grouping tests for an indigent defendant; no denial of equal protection in charging expenses to the party who moves for the tests. Id., 686. Cited. 39 CS 230; 40 Conn.Supp. 6 6; 42 Conn.Supp. 562 ; 4 4 Conn.Supp. 145 .