§ 81-5-506. Costs of genetic testing.

(1) Subject to assessment of costs under Part 6, Adjudication of Parentage, the cost of initial genetic testing shall be advanced: (a) by a child support services agency in a proceeding in which the child support services agency is providing services; (b) by the individual who made the request; (c) as agreed by the parties; or (d) as ordered by the tribunal. (2) In cases in which the cost is advanced by the child support services agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father of the child.