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When filing a parenting plan, you must pay a filing fee and a photocopying fee. You may also need to pay a fee to have the other spouse served with the paperwork. While the filing fee can cost anywhere from $200 to $350, you can file a special form to avoid the fee if you cannot afford to pay it.

An acknowledged father or mother may file a petition to ask the court for a residential schedule/parenting plan or child support order four years or more after the Acknowledgment of Parentage they signed was filed with the Washington State Registrar of Vital Statistics.

One way to divide time with the children in Washington is a 2-2-5-5 schedule. This is one form of a 50/50 parenting schedule where one parent has the children for two days, then the other has two days, and then they alternate for five days at a time. Another common selection in Washington is a 70/30 schedule.

In Washington, unmarried fathers have access to the same parenting rights as mothers, but they must first establish paternity. This is a legal process meant to establish that a man is the biological father of a child.

In Washington, a Parenting Plan does not award custody. Instead, it has a Parenting Time Schedule that says when the children will live with each parent. If the parents do not agree on a schedule, the judge will decide one in the children's best interest.

When filing a parenting plan, you must pay a filing fee and a photocopying fee. You may also need to pay a fee to have the other spouse served with the paperwork. While the filing fee can cost anywhere from $200 to $350, you can file a special form to avoid the fee if you cannot afford to pay it.