(a) The Domestic Relations Division shall conduct an intake conference. If the defendant ackmowledges paternity, the action shall then proceed under Pa.R.C.P. 1910.11. If the defendant denies paternity, the intake officer shall provide both parties with a notice of their right to a blood test and trial by jury in the form provided by Rule * 1910.28(b). (b) If a party requests a blood test as authorized by the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C.S.A. 6131et seq., and the parties agree on this issue and the payment of the expense, they shall enter into a stipulation to this effect. An order shall then be entered for the testing in the form provided in Rule * 1910.28(c). Comment: Regardless of the agreement of the parties as to who initially will bear the expense of the blood test, the court has the authority to tax the expense as costs upon conclusion of the action. (Judicial Code 42 Pa. C.S.A. 6135).
(c) If the parties are unable to stipulate to paternity the matter shall be listed by the Domestic Relations Division for a hearing before a judge. The judge shall enter an appropriate order in the form provided in Rule* 19 10.28(b).(d) The results of the blood test shall be returned to the Domestic Relations Division which will forward them to the parties or their counsel. The matter shall then be listed for a hearing before a judge by the Domestic Relations Division, unless the putative father has not been excluded by the blood test and demands a trial by jury, in which event the action shall be transferred to the Court Administrator's Office for jury trial assignment.(e) Should the defendant deny paternity and neither party request a blood test, the case shall be listed for a hearing before a judge by the Domestic Relations Division, unless the putative father demands a trial by jury, in which event the action shall be transferred to the Court Administrator's Office for jury trial assignment.