Costs of genetic testing.

(1) Subject to assessment of costs under RCW 26.26.500 through 26.26.630, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:

     (a) By a support enforcement agency in a proceeding in which the support enforcement agency is providing services;

     (b) By the individual who made the request;

     (c) As agreed by the parties; or

     (d) As ordered by the court.

     (2) In cases in which the cost is advanced by the support enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a person who is rebuttably identified as the parent.

[2011 c 283 § 25; 2002 c 302 § 406.]

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