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RCW 26.26.116, 26.26.500 - .630 Mandatory Form (07/2017) FL Parentage 357 Findings & Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent p. 1 of 7 Superior Court of Washington, County of In re parentage: Petitioner (person who started this case) : And Respondent/s: (other parent / presumed parent/s) Children over age 2: No. Findings and Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of P resumed Parent (FNFCL) Findings and Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent 1. Basis for findings and conclusions (check all that apply): Default Order or Summary Judgment Order (date): Order after Sexual Assault Fact-Finding Hearing on (date): Trial for this case on (date): , with the following people present (check all that apply): Petitioner (name): Respondent (name): Respondent (name): Guardian ad Litem for ( names): Other (name and relationship to this case): Other (name and relationship to this case): Other (name and relationship to this case): American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com RCW 26.26.116, 26.26.500 - .630 Mandatory Form (07/2017) FL Parentage 357 Findings & Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent p. 2 of 7 The Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: 2. Notice and Personal Jurisdiction All people with a right to receive notice of this case were served with the Summons and Petition. except (name/s): . (Check all that apply): (Name/s) was/were served in this state. (Name/s) live/s in this state now. (Name/s) lived in this state with the children. (Name/s) lived in this state and paid for pregnancy costs or support for the children. (Name/s) did or said something that caused the children to live in this state. (Name/s) h ad sex in this state, which may have produced the children. (Name/s) signed an agreement to join this Petition or other document agreeing that the court can decide his or her rights in this case. None of the reasons listed above apply to (name): Other (specify): Conclusion: The court has personal jurisdiction over all parties to this case. except (name/s): . 3. Guardian ad Litem No Guardian ad Litem (GAL) was appointed. The Court appointed (name): Guardian ad Litem (GAL) for . The court has considered the report and recommendations of the GAL. The GAL should be discharged. Other (specify): 4. Genetic Testing Admitted Does not apply. Either genetic testing was not done, or the results were not admitted. (Skip to 5.) This issue was decided in the Summary Judgment Order signed by the court on (date): . (Skip to 5.) The following genetic testing results were admitted as evidence (check all that apply): Presumed Parent Tested Genetic paternity testing was done with the presumed American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com RCW 26.26.116, 26.26.500 - .630 Mandatory Form (07/2017) FL Parentage 357 Findings & Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent p. 3 of 7 parent (name): . The testing was done by (check one): court order. agreement with the birth mother. The test results (check one): show a 99% or greater probability that the presumed parent is the biological parent of . exclude the presumed parent as a biological parent of ames): . Test Results Challenged The genetic paternity test results were challenged by (name): . The court concludes that the challenged test results (check one): are are not valid because (specify): Other (specify): Conclusion: (Check one): The court should decide parentage according to the genetic test results described above. The court should not decide parentage according to the genetic test results described above because the court found the test results are invalid. The court should not decide parentage according to the genetic test results described above based on the Order after Sexual Assault Fact-Finding Hearing. 5. Genetic Testing Not Admitted Does not apply. Genetic testing results were admitted. (Skip to 6.) This issue was decided in the Summary Judgment Order signed by the court on (date): . (Skip to 6.) Genetic testing was not done, or the results were not admitted. Conclusion: (Check all that apply): Not Ordered The court concludes that genetic testing is not besGuardian ad Litem. This conclusion is based on the following (check all that apply): See Order on Motion for Genetic Testing. (Describe clear and convincing evidence best interest): American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com RCW 26.26.116, 26.26.500 - .630 Mandatory Form (07/2017) FL Parentage 357 Findings & Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent p. 4 of 7 Not Admitted Genetic testing results were not admitted because the testing was done without either a court order or agreement of the birth mother and the presumed parent. No Cooperation (Name): did not cooperate with an order for genetic testing. This conclusion is based on the following facts (describe the failure to cooperate): Because this person did not cooperate with genetic testing, the court concludes that he (check one): should should not be the legal father of the children. RCW 26.26.575(2). This interest because (explain): Other (specify): 6. Why parentage is presumed (Name): is the presumed parent of because (check all that apply): This person and the birth mother were married or in a registered domestic partnership when these children were born, or within the 300 days before these children were born. This person and the birth mother believed they were in a valid marriage or registered domestic partnership when these children were born or within the 300 days before these children were born, even though the marriage or partnership was (or could have been) invalidated by a court. After these children were born, this person and the birth mother married or became registered domestic partners (or believed their marriage or partnership was valid, even if it was or could have been invalidated). This person willingly t and (check at least one): promised in a written or electronic record to support these children as his/her own. See RCW 26.26.011(23). Vital Statistics. There is no presumed parent. The petitioner claimed that (name): was a presumed parent of . This person is not a presumed parent because (explain): . 7. Parentage of presumed parent Does not apply. The court found in section 6 above that there is no presumed parent. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com RCW 26.26.116, 26.26.500 - .630 Mandatory Form (07/2017) FL Parentage 357 Findings & Conclusions on Petition to Disprove Parentage of Presumed Parent p. 5 of 7 (Name): was presumed by l aw to be a parent when this case started for the reasons listed in section 6 above. Conclusion: The court should: Disprove the presumed parent as a legal parent of because the presumed parent is not the biological parent according to the genetic test results described in section 4 above, and (check all that apply): The Petition was filed or served on or before 4th birthdays. The Petition was filed or served after 4th birthdays and the presumed parent: did not live with and did not have sex with the birth mother when the children were likely conceived, and did not openly hold out these children as his/her own children. Disprove the presumed parent as a legal parent of based on the Order after Sexual Assault Fact-Finding Hearing. Confirm the presumed parent is a correct legal parent of because (check all that apply): The presumed parent is the biological parent according to the genetic test results described in section 4 above. The court decided it was no The Petition was first filed or served after 4th birthdays and the presumed parent (check all that apply): lived with or had sex with the birth mother when the children were likely conceived. openly held out these children as his/her own children. Other (specify): 8. Allegation of Parentage Resulting From Sexual Assault There was no allegation of sexual assault resulting in birth of a child. There was an allegation of sexual assault resulting in birth of a child. See the Order After Sexual Assault Fact-Finding Hearing signed by the court on (date) . The Findings and Conclusions from that order are made a part of this order. The court