Senate Bill sb0584

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 584

    By Senator Siplin





    19-207-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to paternity testing; amending

  3         s. 742.12, F.S.; providing that a court may

  4         order the parties to submit to scientific

  5         testing in any proceeding in which the

  6         established paternity of a child is challenged;

  7         providing that a court may order the parties to

  8         submit to scientific testing in such a

  9         proceeding without limitation of time;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 742.12,

15  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (8) is added to

16  that section, to read:

17         742.12  Scientific testing to determine paternity.--

18         (1)  In any proceeding to establish paternity or in any

19  proceeding in which the established paternity of a child is

20  challenged, the court on its own motion may require the child,

21  mother, and alleged fathers to submit to scientific tests that

22  are generally acceptable within the scientific community to

23  show a probability of paternity. The court shall direct that

24  the tests be conducted by a qualified technical laboratory.

25         (2)  In any proceeding to establish paternity or in any

26  proceeding in which the established paternity of a child is

27  challenged, the court may, upon request of a party providing a

28  sworn statement or written declaration as provided by s.

29  92.525(2) alleging paternity and setting forth facts

30  establishing a reasonable possibility of the requisite sexual

31  contact between the parties or providing a sworn statement or

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 584
    19-207-06




 1  written declaration denying paternity and setting forth facts

 2  establishing a reasonable possibility of the nonexistence of

 3  sexual contact between the parties, require the child, mother,

 4  and alleged fathers to submit to scientific tests that are

 5  generally acceptable within the scientific community to show a

 6  probability of paternity. The court shall direct that the

 7  tests be conducted by a qualified technical laboratory.

 8         (8)  The court may order the parties to submit to

 9  scientific testing in any proceeding in which the established

10  paternity of a child is challenged without limitation of time.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Provides that a court may order the parties to submit to
      scientific testing in any proceeding in which the
16    established paternity of a child is being challenged.
      Provides that a court may order the parties to submit to
17    scientific testing in such a proceeding without
      limitation of time.
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