1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 14 -20-25 through 14 -20-58, the court shall order the child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request for testing is supported by the sworn statement of a party to the proceeding: a. Alleging paternity and stating facts establishing a reasonable probability of the requisite sexual contact between the individuals; or b. Denying paternity and stating facts establishing a possibility that sexual contact between the individuals, if any, did not result in the conception of the child. 2. A support enforcement agency may order genetic testing only if there is no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father. 3. If a request for genetic testing of a child is made before birth, the court or support enforcement agency may not order in utero testing. 4. If two or more men are subject to court -ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially.
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