CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Paternity Cases
.........Procedure
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At dependency hearing to determine presumed parentage, where the court has identified a presumed F based on marital status and conduct, the issue of biology is not relevant and the presumed F is not entitled to a genetic test.

Paternity judgment based on D's failure to submit to DNA paternity test at county contracted lab. upheld as D's privacy interests are protected by statute and County has a compelling interest in selecting a lab.