Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (2026)

Blood tests; effect of test results; no right to jury trial in paternity proceedings

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(1) If the court finds that the conclusions of all the experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the tests, are that the alleged father is not the father of the child, the question of paternity shall be resolved accordingly. If an expert concludes that the blood or other tests show the probability of paternity, that evidence shall be admitted.

(2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption of paternity, affecting the burden of proof, if the court finds that the probability of paternity, as calculated by the experts qualified as examiners of genetic tests, is ninety-eight percent (98%) or greater. This presumption may only be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.

(3) Parties to an action to establish paternity shall not be entitled to a jury trial.

(4) The Department of Human Services may statistically report as positive, to the Administration for Children and Families within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, any putative paternity if the probability of paternity, as calculated by the experts qualified as examiners of genetic tests, is ninety-nine percent (99%) or greater, subject only to a later determination of nonpaternity ordered by a court under this chapter.

Codes, 1942, § 383-11; Laws, 1962, ch. 312, § 11; Laws, 1987, ch. 455, § 4; Laws, 1994, ch. 363, § 2; Laws, 2000, ch. 530, § 5; Laws, 2007, ch. 344, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1987–2006 · leading case: Baker by Williams v. Williams, 503 So. 2d 249 (Miss. 1987).

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Baker by Williams v. Williams, 503 So. 2d 249 (Miss. 1987). “Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (1972) provides: If the court finds that the conclusions of all the experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the tests, are that the alleged father is not the father of the child, the question of paternity shall be resolved accordingly.”

Matter of Est. of Chambers, 711 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 2× “The Chancellor also failed to address Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (2), which states that if the probability of paternity is 98 percent or higher that a man is the father, then there is a rebuttable presumption that he is the father.”

Chisolm v. Eakes, 573 So. 2d 764 (Miss. 1990). “Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-21 (Supp. 1988). Miss.”

Rafferty v. Perkins, 757 So. 2d 992 (Miss. 2000). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (1994). Dr. Deborah Lynn Cutter, who analyzed the DNA test results in this case, testified as an expert for Rafferty Perkins attempted to rebut the presumption of Easter's paternity created by the blood test results by attacking the quality and validity…”

M.A. v. M.D., 928 So. 2d 197 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-27(2). Dixon and Betsy’s test results showed that Dixon’s probability of paternity was 99.”

Angella Brown v. Edna Chambers Jackson (Miss. 1996). · cites it 2× “The Chancellor also failed to address Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (2), which states that if the probability of paternity is 98 percent or higher that a man is the father, then there is a rebuttable presumption that he is the father.”

In Re Bnn, 928 So. 2d 197 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-27(2). Dixon and Betsy's test results showed that Dixon's probability of paternity was 99.”

Lisa Marie Fry Perkins Rafferty v. Vernon Wayne Perkins, Jr. (Miss. 1997). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (2) (Rev. 1994).”

Lisa Marie Fry Perkins Rafferty v. Vernon Wayne Perkins, Jr. (Miss. 1997). “Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27 (1994). Dr. Deborah Lynn Cutter, who analyzed the DNA test results in this case, testified as an expert for Rafferty Perkins attempted to rebut the presumption of Easter's paternity created by the blood test results by attacking the quality and validity…”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-27(2) — 2 cases

M.A. v. M.D., 928 So. 2d 197 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-27(2). Dixon and Betsy’s test results showed that Dixon’s probability of paternity was 99.”

In Re Bnn, 928 So. 2d 197 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-27(2). Dixon and Betsy's test results showed that Dixon's probability of paternity was 99.”

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