WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

26.21A.350 - Petition to establish support order.

Petition to establish support order.

(1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:

     (a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or

     (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.

     (2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:

     (a) A presumed father of the child;

     (b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;

     (c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

     (d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

     (e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

     (f) An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;

     (g) The mother of the child; or

     (h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

     (3) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to RCW 26.21A.220.