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Title 26 - Domestic Relations
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Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.
Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.
26.26A.005 Short title—2018 c 6.
26.26A.010 Definitions.
26.26A.020 Scope.
26.26A.030 Authorized courts.
26.26A.040 Choice of law.
26.26A.050 Data privacy.
26.26A.060 Provisions applicable to father-child relationship also applicable to mother-child relationship and vice versa.
26.26A.070 Mandatory use of approved forms and format rules.
26.26A.100 Establishment of parent-child relationship.
26.26A.105 No discrimination based on marital status of parent.
26.26A.110 Consequences of establishing parentage.
26.26A.115 Presumption of parentage.
26.26A.120 Rule-making authority—RCW 26.26A.115.
26.26A.125 Filing fee—Assertion of parentage.
26.26A.200 Acknowledgment of parentage.
26.26A.205 Execution of acknowledgment of parentage.
26.26A.210 Denial of parentage.
26.26A.215 Acknowledgment or denial of parentage—Requirements.
26.26A.220 Effect of acknowledgment or denial of parentage.
26.26A.225 Filing fee—Acknowledgment or denial of parentage.
26.26A.230 Ratification of an unchallenged acknowledgment of parentage barred.
26.26A.235 Procedure for rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of parentage.
26.26A.240 Challenge after expiration of period for rescission.
26.26A.245 Procedure for challenge of an acknowledgment or denial of parentage by signatory.
26.26A.250 Full faith and credit.
26.26A.255 Forms for acknowledgment or denial of parentage.
26.26A.260 Release of information relating to an acknowledgment or denial of parentage.
26.26A.265 Rule-making authority—RCW 26.26A.200 through 26.26A.265.
26.26A.300 Definitions—Genetic testing—RCW 26.26A.300 through 26.26A.355.
26.26A.305 Scope—Limitation on use of genetic testing.
26.26A.310 Authority to order or deny genetic testing.
26.26A.315 Requirements for genetic testing.
26.26A.320 Report of genetic testing.
26.26A.325 Genetic testing results—Challenge to results.
26.26A.330 Cost of genetic testing.
26.26A.335 Additional genetic testing.
26.26A.340 Genetic testing when specimen not available.
26.26A.345 Genetic testing—Deceased individual.
26.26A.350 Genetic testing—Identical siblings.
26.26A.355 Confidentiality of genetic testing—Penalty.
26.26A.400 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Authorization.
26.26A.405 Standing to maintain proceeding to adjudicate parentage.
26.26A.410 Notice of proceeding to adjudicate parentage.
26.26A.415 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Personal jurisdiction.
26.26A.420 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Venue.
26.26A.425 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Admissibility of results of genetic testing.
26.26A.430 Adjudicating parentage of child with alleged genetic parent.
26.26A.435 Adjudicating parentage of child with presumed parent.
26.26A.440 Adjudicating claim of de facto parentage of child.
26.26A.445 Adjudicating parentage of child with acknowledged parent.
26.26A.450 Adjudicating parentage of child with adjudicated parent.
26.26A.455 Adjudicating parentage of child of assisted reproduction.
26.26A.460 Adjudicating competing claims of parentage.
26.26A.465 Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault.
26.26A.470 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Temporary child support orders, restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, domestic violence protection orders, antiharassment protection orders, and other court orders—Preservation of support debt.
26.26A.475 Combining a proceeding to adjudicate parentage with other proceedings.
26.26A.480 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Before birth of child.
26.26A.485 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Child as party—Representation.
26.26A.490 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Without jury.
26.26A.500 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Hearing—Inspection of records.
26.26A.505 Proceeding to adjudicate parentage—Dismissal for want of prosecution—Without prejudice.
26.26A.510 Order adjudicating parentage.
26.26A.515 Binding effect of determination of parentage.
26.26A.600 Scope—Assisted reproduction—RCW 26.26A.600 through 26.26A.635.
26.26A.605 Assisted reproduction—Parental status of donor.
26.26A.610 Parentage of child of assisted reproduction.
26.26A.615 Consent to assisted reproduction.
26.26A.620 Assisted reproduction—Limitation on spouse's dispute of parentage.
26.26A.625 Assisted reproduction—Effect of certain legal proceedings regarding marriage or domestic partnership.
26.26A.630 Assisted reproduction—Withdrawal of consent.
26.26A.635 Assisted reproduction—Parental status of deceased individual.
26.26A.700 Definitions—Surrogacy agreement—RCW 26.26A.700 through 26.26A.785.
26.26A.705 Eligibility to enter gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement.
26.26A.710 Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement—Process.
26.26A.715 Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement—Content.
26.26A.720 Surrogacy agreement—Effect of subsequent change of marital status.
26.26A.725 Surrogacy agreement—Inspection of documents.
26.26A.730 Surrogacy agreement—Venue—Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.
26.26A.735 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Termination.
26.26A.740 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage.
26.26A.745 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.
26.26A.750 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Order of parentage.
26.26A.755 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Effect.
26.26A.760 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Requirements for validation.
26.26A.765 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Termination.
26.26A.770 Validated genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage.
26.26A.775 Nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement—Effect.
26.26A.780 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.
26.26A.785 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Breach.
26.26A.800 Definitions—Information about donor—RCW 26.26A.800 through 26.26A.825.
26.26A.805 Applicability—RCW 26.26A.800 through 26.26A.825.
26.26A.810 Collection of information about donor.
26.26A.815 Information about donor—Declaration regarding identity disclosure to child conceived by assisted reproduction.
26.26A.820 Information about donor—Disclosure of identifying information and medical history on request of a child conceived by assisted reproduction—Access to nonidentifying medical history.
26.26A.825 Information about donor—Recordkeeping duty of gamete bank or fertility clinic.
26.26A.900 Uniformity of application and construction—2018 c 6.
26.26A.901 Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
26.26A.902 Transitional provision—Applicability to pending proceedings.
26.26A.903 Effective date—2018 c 6.