RCW 26.21A.350
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(1)If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(a)The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(b)The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(2)The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(a)A presumed father of the child;
(b)Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(c)Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d)An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e)Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f)An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;
(g)The mother of the child; or
(h)An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(3)Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to RCW 26.21A.220 .
[ 2015 c 214 s 25 ; 2002 c 198 s 401 .]
Notes:
Effective date — Conflict with federal requirements — Waiver — 2015 c 214: See notes following RCW 26.21A.010 .
Denial of waiver — 2015 c 214: See note following RCW 26.21A.115 .
Effective date — 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900 .