Utah Code 78B-15-501. Scope of part

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This part governs genetic testing of an individual to determine parentage, whether the individual:

(1)	voluntarily submits to testing; or

Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-15-501

Genetic testing: means an analysis of genetic markers to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the mother of a child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
Support-enforcement agency: means a public official or agency authorized under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act which has the authority to seek:

(a)	enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

(b)	establishment or modification of child support;

(c)	determination of parentage; or

(d)	location of child-support obligors and their income and assets. See Utah Code 78B-15-102 Tribunal: means a court of law, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
(2)	is tested pursuant to an order of a tribunal or a support-enforcement agency.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session

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