Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Re: child support

You are obligated to provide support for your child. DNA testing will establish to a reasonable certainty -e.g. 99.75% - whether this is your child or not. If it isn't your child, then you will not pay support. If it is your child, you will pay support.

The support will be based on your income and her income added together and divided proportionately. WA uses a table to determine support, and WA support tables are among the lowest support obligation in the country.

Her citizenship is not as interesting, jurisdictionally, as her place of residence. If she is a resident of WA, you can establish a parenting plan and a child support order in the Superior Court in the County where she lives.

If she is a resident of BC, you'd need to contact counsel licensed there for more direction.

As this is your child, you also should plan on spending time with the child. That's where the parenting plan comes in.

The Division of Child Support is accessible on line. They can direct you to the County Prosecutor who deals with child support, and that person can help you arrange for paternity testing.

And all of this can be done by agreement rather than litigation, which keeps the costs down.

I hope this helps.

Powell