Can a person use genetic test results to rebut the presumption that he is the father of the child?
Full Question:
I married a year before in Utah. Thereafter a child was born. But I found that my wife had an extramarital affair and the child was not mine. I wanna prove that am not the father of that child. Can I prove it by a genetic test?
03/02/2017 |
Category: Paternity |
State: Utah |
#33180
Answer:
Utah Code Ann. § 30-1-17.2
“(2) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if:
(a) he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage . . ..”
Utah Code Ann. § 78B-15-607
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(3) The presumption may be rebutted by:
(a) genetic test results that exclude the presumed father;
(b) genetic test results that rebuttably identify another man as the father . . ..”