26.21A.250 - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - Washington Statutes

Pleadings and accompanying documents.

(1) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage, or to register and modify a support order of another state must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under RCW 26.21A.255, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

     (2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

     (3) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this chapter shall file a properly completed confidential information form or equivalent as described in RCW 26.23.050 to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. A completed confidential information form shall be deemed an "accompanying document" under subsection (1) of this section.

[2002 c 198 § 311.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900.