FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 196
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 196
196 . Orders associated with parentage testing orders — FLA s. 69X
(1) If a court makes a
parentage testing order, it may also make orders under subsection (2) or (4).
(2) The court referred
to in subsection (1) may make such orders as it considers necessary or
desirable —
(a) to
enable the parentage testing procedure to be conducted; or
(b) to
make the parentage testing procedure more effective or reliable.
(3) Some examples of
the kinds of orders a court may make under subsection (2) are as follows
—
(a) an
order requiring a person to submit to a medical procedure;
(b) an
order requiring a person to provide a bodily sample;
(c) an
order requiring a person to provide information relevant to the person’s
medical or family history.
(4) The court referred
to in subsection (1) may make such orders as it considers just in relation to
costs incurred in relation to —
(a)
conducting the parentage testing procedure or other orders made by the court
in relation to the parentage testing procedure; or
(b) the
preparation of reports relating to the information obtained as a result of
conducting the parentage testing procedure.