2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 26.26.355: Forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity.
(1) To facilitate compliance with RCW
26.26.300 through
26.26.350, the state registrar of vital statistics shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment and the denial of paternity. The acknowledgment of paternity shall state, in prominent lettering, that signing the acknowledgment of paternity is equivalent to an adjudication of paternity and confers upon the acknowledged father all the rights and duties of a parent, such as the payment of child support, if the acknowledgment is not challenged or rescinded as prescribed under RCW
26.26.310 through
26.26.340. The form shall include copies of the provisions in RCW
26.26.310 through
26.26.340.
(2) A valid acknowledgment or denial of paternity is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.
[2002 c 302 § 312.]
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