§ 46b-495

As used in sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive:(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 a person identifies as the person's ancestry or part of the ancestry or that is identified by other information.(3) 'Hypothesized genetic relationship' means an asserted genetic relationship between a person and a child.(4) 'Probability of parentage' means, for the ethnic or racial group to which a person 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 person 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 person of the ethnic or racial

lity 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 person of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship.(P.A. 21-15, S. 40.)History: P.A. 21-15 effective January 1, 2022.