Can a child under 18 refuse a DNA test?

Answer 1

Not arbitrarily, such action would require a court order.

DNA TESTING FOR ADULT CHILDTHAT WOULD, IN ALL LIKLIHOOD, BE TOUGH. I CAN THINK OF 2 POSSIBLE SCENARIOS WHEN IT MIGHT (AND I EMPHASIZE THAT WORD) BE POSSIBLE. THE FIRST IS IF SOME CHILD SUPPORT IS STILL DUE AND OWING AND THE PUTATIVE FATHER DENIES PATERNITY. THIS WOULD ASSUME NO STATUTE OF LITATIONS PROBLEM WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG ASSUMPTION. THE SCEOND SCENARIO THAT COMES TO MIND IS IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT A DEFINITIVE FAMILY HISTORY IS CRUCIAL FOR TREATMENT DECISIONS BY DOCTORS. THIS WOULD ALMOST CEERTAINLY INVOLVE MAJOR SITUATIONS, PERHAPS INVOLVING LIFE AND DEATH. KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE JUST 2 THINGS THAT COME TO MIND AND BOTH MIGHT VERY WELL BE LONG SHOTS. IF YOU ARE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHO YOUR FATHER IS, YOU CAN PROBABLY FORGET IT AT THIS LATE DATE, UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO GO TO SOME EXTRAORDINARY LENGTH SUCH AS TAKING ONE OF HIS SMOKED CIGARETTES AND SUMITTING IT FOR DNA TESTING. PRETTY DRASTIC! GOOD LUCK E. TERRILL CORLEY TULSA,OK

Answer 2

I've not heard of a challenge being made in 15 years. In a Nebraska case, the mother refused to allow the test on the grounds of privacy. The state ordered all five potential fathers to pay a portion. I knew one of them, who live in Kansas, which refused to enforce the order.