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Amend CSHB 782 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 154, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 154.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 154.015. PATERNITY TEST REQUIRED. (a) Except as
provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a court may not render an order
requiring the payment of child support unless the court finds that:
(1) the parties have completed a genetic test to
determine parentage that complies with the requirements of
Subchapter F, Chapter 160, and, based on the genetic test, the man
named as the father in the suit affecting the parent-child
relationship is rebuttably identified as the father of the child in
accordance with Section 160.505(a); or
(2) the party being ordered to pay child support is an
adoptive parent of the child.
(b) If the parties to a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship in which child support is requested have not completed
a genetic test that complies with the requirements of Subchapter F,
Chapter 160, the court shall order the child, the child's mother,
and the alleged father to submit to genetic testing not later than
the 30th day after the date the order requiring genetic testing is
rendered. If an alleged father fails to submit to a genetic test
ordered under this section, the court may render an order
adjudicating the alleged father to be the father of the child and
requiring the alleged father to pay child support.
(c) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, an
alleged father of the child may file an affidavit with the court
admitting paternity of the child. After receiving an affidavit
under this subsection, the court may, without requiring a genetic
test, render an order adjudicating the alleged father to be the
father of the child and requiring the alleged father to pay child
support. An alleged father who files an affidavit under this
subsection may not challenge the adjudication of paternity.
(d) The parties, other than a governmental entity, shall
bear the cost of the genetic test ordered under this section
equally.
(2) On page 3, strike lines 23 through 27 and substitute the
following:
(1) an affidavit stating facts that show the court
order was obtained by fraud or material mistake of fact; and
(3) On page 5, lines 25 through 27, strike ", or that the
person did not receive the notice required by Section
102.008(b)(11),".
(4) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill.
(5) On page 9, strike lines 3 through 7 and substitute
"SECTION ____. If before implementing any provision of this Act
the".
(6) On page 9, strike lines 13 through 27.
(7) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate.