{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.620","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 26.26A.620","heading":"Assisted reproduction—Limitation on spouse's dispute of parentage.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the woman who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:\n(a) Not later than four years after the birth of the child, the individual commences a proceeding to adjudicate the individual's parentage of the child; and\n(b) The court finds the individual did not consent to the assisted reproduction, before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under RCW 26.26A.630.\n(2) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:\n(a) The spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;\n(b) The spouse and the woman who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and\n(c) The spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.\n(3) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.","path":["Title 26","Chapter 26.26A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.26A.620","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:42:05Z","sha256":"a31002b44da4668cdf9a834e1abdc5648584e18185ef3d44cac225a8cd0ec5f5","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.615","next":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.625"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}