Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 26 Domestic Relations - Section 26.21A.600 Proceeding to determine parentage

§ 26.21A.600. Proceeding to determine parentage

(1) A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter to determine whether the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine whether a respondent is a parent of that child.

(2) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the uniform parentage act and the procedural and substantive law of this state.

[2002 c 198 § 701.]

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

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