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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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§43-1414. Genetic testing; procedure; confidentiality; violation; penalty.<br />

It’s a floor cleaner…and a dessert topping. It contains civil AND criminal sanctions!<br />

(1) In any proceeding to establish paternity, the court may, on its own motion, or shall, on a<br />

timely request of a party, after notice and hearing, require the child, the mother, and the alleged<br />

father to submit to genetic testing to be performed on blood or any other appropriate genetic<br />

testing material. Failure to comply with such requirement for genetic testing shall constitute<br />

contempt and may be dealt with in the same manner as other contempts.<br />

…<br />

(8) Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor for<br />

the first offense and a Class III misdemeanor for the second or subsequent offense.<br />

Source: Laws 1984, LB 845, § 1; ; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 61; ; Laws 1997, LB 752, § 103; ; Laws<br />

2001, LB 432, § 9; ; Laws 2007, LB296, § 129.; Operative date July 1, 2007<br />

§43-1415 Results of genetic tests; admissible evidence; rebuttable presumption.<br />

(1) The results of the tests, including the statistical probability of paternity, shall be admissible<br />

evidence and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, shall be weighed along with<br />

other evidence of paternity.<br />

(2) When the results of tests, whether or not such tests were ordered pursuant to section 43-<br />

1414, show a probability of paternity of ninety-nine percent or more, there shall exist a<br />

rebuttable presumption of paternity.<br />

(3) Such evidence may be introduced by verified written report without the need for foundation<br />

testimony or other proof of authenticity or accuracy unless there is a timely written request for<br />

personal testimony of the expert at least thirty days prior to trial.<br />

Source: Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 62.<br />

§ 43-1417 Additional genetic testing; when.<br />

If the result of genetic testing or the expert’s analysis of inherited characteristics is disputed,<br />

the court, upon reasonable request of a party, shall order that additional testing be done by the<br />

same laboratory or an independent laboratory at the expense of the party requesting additional<br />

testing.<br />

Source: Laws 1984, LB 845, § 4<br />

Distinguish these paternity statutes, which are based upon equity, with inheritance statutes,<br />

such as…<br />

§ 30-2309 For purposes of intestate succession…a person born out of wedlock is a child of the<br />

mother. That person is also a child of the father, if: .... the paternity is established by an<br />

adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by strict, clear and<br />

convincing proof.<br />

The burden of proof is different in inheritance law, but in effect paternity can be proven after the<br />

death of the father under inheritance statutes. This does not mean you can successfully file a<br />

paternity action against a deceased putative father. You may not! See Carlson v. Bartels,<br />

below.<br />

Related:<br />

§ 71-640.01. Birth certificates; identification of father.<br />

The information pertaining to the identification of the father at the time of birth of an infant<br />

born in this state and reported on a birth certificate, filled out and filed pursuant to the Vital<br />

Statistics Act, shall comply with the following:<br />

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