A. Subject to assessment of costs pursuant to Article 6 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, the cost of initial genetic testing shall be advanced: (1) by a support-enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support-enforcement agency is providing services; (2) by the person who made the request; (3) as agreed by the parties; or (4) as ordered by the district court. B. In cases in which the cost is advanced by the support-enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father. History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 5-506. Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
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