Which State is responsible for scheduling any required genetic testing associated with an interstate paternity action?
Federal regulations, 45 CFR 303.7(c)(7)(i), require the responding State to provide any necessary services (as it would in an intrastate case), including paternity establishment services. Therefore, the responding State is responsible for obtaining the services of an appropriate laboratory and scheduling the genetic testing. However, it is expected that the initiating State will cooperate with the responding State by ensuring that any individual residing in the initiating State appears and participates in the test. In addition, the initiating State should assist the responding State by ensuring that the blood or other genetic material taken from the individual in the initiating State is forwarded to the appropriate laboratory, as selected by the responding State. 52. Is it appropriate for a responding State to fail to recognize a filed acknowledgment of paternity, which, under the law of the State where the acknowledgment was filed, has the effect of allowing the establishment of a chi
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