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| 15.__Paternity index.__"Paternity index" means the likelihood of | | paternity calculated by computing the ratio between: |
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| | | A.__The likelihood that the tested man is the father based | | on the genetic markers of the tested man, mother and child | | and conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is the | | father of the child; and |
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| | | B.__The likelihood that the tested man is not the father | | based on the genetic markers of the tested man, mother and | | child and conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man | | is not the father of the child and that the father is of the | | same ethnic or racial group as the tested man. |
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| | | 16.__Presumed parent.__"Presumed parent" means a person who, | | by operation of law under section 1844, is recognized as the | | parent of a child until that status is rebutted or confirmed in a | | judicial proceeding. |
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| | | 17.__Probability of paternity.__"Probability of paternity" | | means the measure, for the ethnic or racial group to which the | | alleged father belongs, of the probability that the man in | | question is the father of the child compared with a random, | | unrelated man of the same ethnic or racial group and expressed as | | a percentage incorporating the paternity index and a prior | | probability. |
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| | | 18.__Record.__"Record" means information that is inscribed on | | a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other | | medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. |
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| | | 19.__Signatory.__"Signatory" means an individual who | | authenticates a record and is bound by its terms. |
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| | | 20.__State.__"State" means a state of the United States, the | | District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin | | Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the | | jurisdiction of the United States. |
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| | | 21.__Support enforcement agency.__"Support enforcement agency" | | means a public official or agency authorized to seek: |
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| | | A.__Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the | | duty of support; |
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| | | B.__Establishment or modification of child support; |
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| | | C.__Determination of parentage; or |
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