26.26.540 - Proceeding to adjudicate parentage -- Time limitation: Child having acknowledged or adjudicated father. - Washington Statutes

Proceeding to adjudicate parentage — Time limitation: Child having acknowledged or adjudicated father.

(1) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to the acknowledgment or denial of paternity must commence any proceeding seeking to rescind or challenge the paternity of that child only within the time allowed under RCW 26.26.330 or 26.26.335.

     (2) If a child has an acknowledged father or an adjudicated father, an individual, other than the child, who is neither a signatory to the acknowledgment nor a party to the adjudication and who seeks an adjudication of paternity of the child must commence a proceeding not later than two years after the effective date of the acknowledgment or adjudication.

[2002 c 302 § 509.]