Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 204 - Genetic Testing In Proceedings To Declare Heirship

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B COURT ORDERS FOR GENETIC TESTING IN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP

• Texas Section 204.001 - Proceedings And Records Public
  A proceeding under this chapter or Chapter 202 involving genetic testing is open to the public as in other civil cases. Papers and records in...
• Texas Section 204.051 - Order For Genetic Testing
  (a) In a proceeding to declare heirship under Chapter 202, the court may, on the court's own motion, and shall, on the request of a...
• Texas Section 204.052 - Advancement Of Costs
  Subject to any assessment of costs following a proceeding to declare heirship in accordance with Rule 131, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the cost of...
• Texas Section 204.053 - Order And Advancement Of Costs For Subsequent Genetic Testing
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the court shall order genetic testing subsequent to the testing conducted under Section 204.051 if: (1) a party to the...
• Texas Section 204.054 - Submission Of Genetic Material By Other Relative Under Certain Circumstances
  If a sample of an individual's genetic material that could identify another individual as the decedent's heir is not available for purposes of conducting genetic...
• Texas Section 204.055 - Genetic Testing Of Deceased Individual
  On good cause shown, the court may order: (1) genetic testing of a deceased individual under this subchapter; and (2) if necessary, removal of the...

SUBCHAPTER C RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING

• Texas Section 204.056 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) An individual commits an offense if: (1) the individual intentionally releases an identifiable sample of the genetic material of another individual that was provided...
• Texas Section 204.101 - Results Of Genetic Testing; Admissibility
  A report of the results of genetic testing ordered under Subchapter B: (1) must comply with the requirements for a report prescribed by Section 160.504,...
• Texas Section 204.102 - Presumption Regarding Results Of Genetic Testing; Rebuttal
  The presumption under Section 160.505, Family Code: (1) applies to the results of genetic testing ordered under Subchapter B; and (2) may be rebutted as...

SUBCHAPTER D USE OF RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP

• Texas Section 204.103 - Contesting Results Of Genetic Testing
  (a) A party to a proceeding to declare heirship who contests the results of genetic testing may call one or more genetic testing experts to...
• Texas Section 204.151 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies in a proceeding to declare heirship of a decedent only with respect to an individual who claims to be a biological child...
• Texas Section 204.152 - Presumption; Rebuttal
  The presumption under Section 160.505, Family Code, that applies in establishing a parent-child relationship also applies in determining heirship in the probate court using the...

SUBCHAPTER E ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOLLOWING RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING

• Texas Section 204.153 - Effect Of Inconclusive Results Of Genetic Testing
  If the results of genetic testing ordered under Subchapter B do not identify or exclude a tested individual as the ancestor of the individual described...
• Texas Section 204.201 - Order For Change Of Name
  On the request of an individual determined by the results of genetic testing to be the heir of a decedent and for good cause shown,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016