ORS 109.181: Definitions for ORS 109.181 to 109.203.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
As used in ORS 109.181 to 109.203: (1) “Combined relationship index” means the product of all tested relationship indices. (2) “Ethnic or racial group” means, for the purpose of genetic testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as the individual’s ancestry or part of the individual’s ancestry or that is identified by other information. (3) “Hypothesized genetic relationship” means an asserted genetic relationship between an individual and a child. (4) “Probability of parentage” means, for the ethnic or racial group to which an individual alleged to be a parent belongs, the probability that a hypothesized genetic relationship is supported, compared to the probability that a genetic relationship is supported between the child and a random individual of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship, expressed as a percentage incorporating the combined relationship index and a prior probability. (5) “Relationship index” means a likelihood ratio that compares the probability of a genetic marker given a hypothesized genetic relationship and the probability of the genetic marker given a genetic relationship between the child and a random individual of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship. [2025 c.592 §39]
This rule cites
- ORS 109.181 — resolved
- 109.203 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 25.550: Establishing parentage of child; certification of parentage issue to circuit court.
- ORS 109.082: Uniformity of application and construction.
- ORS 109.084: Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- ORS 109.182: Scope; limitation on use of genetic testing.
- ORS 109.184: Authority to order or deny genetic testing.
- ORS 109.188: Report of genetic testing.
- ORS 109.191: Genetic testing results; challenge to results.
- ORS 109.204: Applicability to criminal actions for nonsupport.
- ORS 109.238: Parentage under gestational surrogacy agreement; challenge when child is alleged to be genetic child of gestational surrogate.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors109.html