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SB 55 - This act provides that a petitioner may , at any time, file a petition to challenge the determination of paternity of a man who is under order to pay child support, upon filing an affidavit stating that newly discovered evidence has come to the petitioner's knowledge since the entry of judgment. The petition must also include the results of reliable genetic tests, conducted within the past 90 days, indicating that the petitioner cannot be the biological parent of the child for whom support is required. The court shall grant relief on a petition filed in accordance with the requirements upon a finding that the genetic testing was properly conducted and factually accurate. This act also provides that the provisions of this act shall not allow a parent who has formally adopted a child with the knowledge that he was not the biological parent of the child and who was subsequently ordered to pay child support to avoid any child support payments. ADRIANE CROUSE
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