Making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, entry of protective orders by the court, use of mandatory forms, criteria for notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, clarifying the crimes included in sexual assault for purposes of preclusion of parentage, and correcting citations and terminology.
Summary
Amends the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) to address access to court records, mandatory use of court forms, and required notice of parentage proceedings.
Adds provisions allowing a court in a parentage proceeding to issue protective orders and acknowledged parents to commence proceedings to establish parenting plans, residential provisions, or child support obligations with respect to a child.
Revises requirements governing the transfer and maintenance of information when a gamete bank or fertility clinic transfers gametes to another gamete bank or fertility clinic.
Addresses the criminal convictions that may be used to prove a sexual assault in a proceeding to preclude parentage.
Amends numerous statutes to correct citations to the UPA and to revise terminology in conformance with the UPA.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5333), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
AN ACT Relating to making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, entry of protective orders by the court, use of mandatory forms, criteria for notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, clarifying the crimes included in sexual assault for purposes of preclusion of parentage, and correcting citations and terminology;