1.    Except as otherwise provided in sections 14-20-25 through 14-20-58, the court shall order the child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request for testing is supported by the sworn statement of a party to the proceeding:

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a.    Alleging paternity and stating facts establishing a reasonable probability of the requisite sexual contact between the individuals; or

b.    Denying paternity and stating facts establishing a possibility that sexual contact between the individuals, if any, did not result in the conception of the child.

2.    A support enforcement agency may order genetic testing only if there is no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father.

3.    If a request for genetic testing of a child is made before birth, the court or support enforcement agency may not order in utero testing.

4.    If two or more men are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially.