MATTER OF PATERNITY OF M.H.

No. 92620-4.

383 P.3d 1031 (2016)

In the MATTER OF the PATERNITY OF M.H. Stephanie Bell, Petitioner, v. Juan Sidran Heflin, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed: November 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Owen Danielson , Danielson Law Office, PS, 1001 4th Ave., Ste. 3200, Seattle, WA, 98154-1003, for Petitioner.

Helmut Kah , Helmut Kah, Attorney At Law, 17924 140th Ave. N.E., Ste. 204, Woodinville, WA, 98072-4315, for Respondent.

Lianne Schain Malloy , Attorney at Law, 7141 Cleanwater Lane S.W., P.O. Box 40124, Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, Peter B. Gonick , Washington Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington Street, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Department of Social and Health Services.


¶ 1 The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) governs how Washington courts are to enforce child support orders issued by courts in other states. In this case, we must clarify under which of UIFSA's choice of law rules our state's nonclaim statutes fall. Relying on the comments to the model UIFSA and other states' interpretations...

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