Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 15 > Part 5 - Genetic Testing

• Child: means an individual of any age whose parentage may be determined under this chapter. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Ethnic or racial group: means , for purposes of genetic testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as all or part of the individual's ancestry or that is so identified by other information. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• Paternity index: means the likelihood of paternity calculated by computing the ratio between:

  (a)	the likelihood that the tested man is the father, based on the genetic markers of the tested man and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is the father of the child; and

  (b)

  the likelihood that the tested man is not the father, based on the genetic markers of the tested man and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is not the father of the child and that the father is of the same ethnic or racial group as the tested man. See Utah Code 78B-15-102 Probability of paternity: means the measure, for the ethnic or racial group to which the alleged father belongs, of the probability that the man in question is the father of the child, compared with a random, unrelated man of the same ethnic or racial group, expressed as a percentage incorporating the paternity index and a prior probability. See Utah Code 78B-15-102 Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. 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 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. 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