Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 26 Domestic Relations - Section 26.26.530 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage -- Time limitation: Child having presumed father

§ 26.26.530. Proceeding to adjudicate parentage -- Time limitation: Child having presumed father

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a proceeding brought by a presumed father, the mother, or another individual to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father must be commenced not later than two years after the birth of the child.

(2) A proceeding seeking to disprove the father-child relationship between a child and the child's presumed father may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:

(a) The presumed father and the mother of the child neither cohabited nor engaged in sexual intercourse with each other during the probable time of conception; and

(b) The presumed father never openly treated the child as his own.

[2002 c 302 § 507.]

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