{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "fca", "section": "565", "citation": "FCA § 565", "heading": "A proceeding to challenge testing directive", "text": ["§ 565. A proceeding to challenge testing directive. The court is authorized to hear and decide motions to challenge a directive by the department of social services requiring a party to submit to genetic testing, pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law.  Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to preclude the authority of a local social services district from filing a petition pursuant to this article."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/565", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Family Court hears **motions challenging an order by social services to take a DNA (genetic) test** issued under **SSL § 111-k**. This does not stop the local social services district from filing its own paternity petition.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/fca/565", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}