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Paternity Acknowledgement is a legal document used to determine fatherhood. Both the father and the mother of the child will have to sign the form. The parents must have it notarized and file it with the Washington State Department of Health. The man then legally will be the child's father.

The main constraints for fathers are: Custody and visitation rights. Fathers have no legal rights if paternity has not been acknowledged by signing the birth certificate, although they can be obtained through alternative ways in court.

You need a court order if: There are questions about who is a parent of the child. The parties do not agree on who is a parent of the child. The parties want to add or remove parent(s) on the child's birth certificate.

A mother, child, and possible biological father may qualify for genetic testing at no cost if all the following are true: The child was born in Washington. The mother was not married at the time of the child's birth and the child was not born within 300 days of the termination of the marriage.

The father may file a parentage action, seeking the court to establish legal paternity. The court may need to order genetic testing to confirm the unmarried father's paternity. If the court issues a parentage order, the man seeking to establish paternity becomes the adjudicated legal father.

The law presumes you are both parents to a child born during your marriage or domestic partnership, or within 300 days after your marriage or domestic partnership ends (or your spouse dies). The spouse or partner is a presumed parent (RCW 26.26A.