New Mexico Statutes 40-11A-631. Rules for adjudication of paternity
The district court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the paternity of a child: A. the paternity of a child having a presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father of the child;
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 40-11A-631
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
B. unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man identified as the father of a child pursuant to Section 5-505 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act shall be adjudicated the father of the child;
C. if the district court finds that genetic testing pursuant to Section 5-505 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act neither identifies nor excludes a man as the father of a child, the district court shall not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, the results of genetic testing and other evidence are admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity; and
D. unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man excluded as the father of a child by genetic testing shall be adjudicated not to be the father of the child.