My question involves paternity law for the State of: Washington
I posted this question a while ago:
"Hello. My daughter is 16 years old. Her father and I broke up before she was born and then he was deported from the US to his country of origin (Peru). We lost all contact until recently and he has told me he would like to establish paternity; however, he cannot come to the US due to his deportation. I have done some research and what I found is that a way he could do it is by going to the nearest US Consulate (he resides in Spain now) with the filled paternity acknowledgement to have it notarized, so that we can then file it in the US.
I just would like to know if that is the correct way to do it or if there is anything additional that should be done...thanks in advance..."
I tried to post there to update so others in the same situation can be helped, but the thread is closed... anyway, I got the paternity acknowledgement form from DSHS, then filled out my part and went to a notary to sign it, then sent it to my daughter's father, who then filled his part, got an appointment at the US Consulate in Spain, where he resides, to have his signature notarized... he then sen it back and I in turn filed it with the health statistics office with the corresponding fees (in WA state, $15 filing fee and $20 per copy), and what they did is send me a new birth certificate which now names him as the father... I know, it's quite the process, but well worth it...
ETA: I read somewhere on here that Washington State allows an acknowledgment of paternity (AOP) to be signed in counterparts, meaning that the parents can sign separate AOPs for a single child; it may not be the same in other states.
I posted this question a while ago:
"Hello. My daughter is 16 years old. Her father and I broke up before she was born and then he was deported from the US to his country of origin (Peru). We lost all contact until recently and he has told me he would like to establish paternity; however, he cannot come to the US due to his deportation. I have done some research and what I found is that a way he could do it is by going to the nearest US Consulate (he resides in Spain now) with the filled paternity acknowledgement to have it notarized, so that we can then file it in the US.
I just would like to know if that is the correct way to do it or if there is anything additional that should be done...thanks in advance..."
I tried to post there to update so others in the same situation can be helped, but the thread is closed... anyway, I got the paternity acknowledgement form from DSHS, then filled out my part and went to a notary to sign it, then sent it to my daughter's father, who then filled his part, got an appointment at the US Consulate in Spain, where he resides, to have his signature notarized... he then sen it back and I in turn filed it with the health statistics office with the corresponding fees (in WA state, $15 filing fee and $20 per copy), and what they did is send me a new birth certificate which now names him as the father... I know, it's quite the process, but well worth it...
ETA: I read somewhere on here that Washington State allows an acknowledgment of paternity (AOP) to be signed in counterparts, meaning that the parents can sign separate AOPs for a single child; it may not be the same in other states.
Establishing Paternity: Establishing Paternity when Father is Out of the Country
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