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Legal Aid Informational Packets
Decide Parentage
File a Petition to Decide Parentage
This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need if you are not married to or in a domestic relationship with your child’s other parent, AND you want to file a court case to decide your child’s parentage, AND: (1) There is no Paternity Affidavit or Acknowledgment establishing your child’s parentage OR your child’s Washington State Paternity Affidavit was signed before July 1, 1997 AND (2) There is no court order in any state establishing your child’s parentage.
Respond to a Petition to Decide Parentage
This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers to respond to a Petition to Decide Parentage.
Ask for Temporary Family Law Orders: Parentage Cases
This packet helps you file a motion that asks for a court order giving you certain rights and/or protections after your case has been filed, but before it is final. Either party may file this motion. You may ask for temporary (short-term) orders for restraining orders, a parenting plan, child support, a guardian ad litem (GAL), genetic testing, attorney’s fees and costs or other relief.
Respond to Motions for Temporary Family Law Orders or Immediate Restraining Orders: Parentage Cases
This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need to respond to a Motion for Temporary Family Law Orders or for Immediate Restraining Orders and Hearing Notice. Use this packet only where someone has already filed a Petition relating to parentage of a child.
Finalize a Petition to Decide Parentage
This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need to finalize your parentage case. To use this packet, you must have already filed and served the other parties with Summons and Petition to Decide Parentage, or you must already have responded to the petition.
File a Motion for a Parenting Plan or Residential Schedule: Parentage Has Been Established in the Past Two Years
This packet will help you fill out and file the forms you need if a) the parentage (paternity) of your child has already been established by court order in the past two years AND b) you want a Washington court to enter a parenting plan or child support court order AND c) your proposed parenting plan does not change custody (who the child lives with most of the time).
NOTE: if unsure or have legal questions you must call
CLEAR 1-888-201-1014 for advice.
Packets must be filled out completely before scheduling with the court facilitator.
Please remember, this is INFORMATION, Not Legal Advice.
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