California Family Code

§ 7551

FAM § 7551 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 12 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), in a civil action or proceeding in which parentage is a relevant fact, the court may, upon its own initiative or upon suggestion made by or on behalf of any person who is involved, and shall upon motion of any party to the action or proceeding made at a time so as not to delay the proceedings unduly, order the woman who gave birth, the child, and the alleged genetic parent to submit to genetic testing.

(b)(1) Genetic testing shall not be used for any of the following purposes:

(A)To challenge the parentage of a person who is a parent pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7613, except to resolve a dispute whether the child was conceived through assisted reproduction.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 851, Sec. 3. (AB 1650) Effective January 1, 2024.