procedure for getting child custody visitation under WA family law

Port Orchard, WA Viewed 95 times. Posted about 1 year ago in Family

nonbiological parental rights: is there anything i can do to have visitation rights of "my son"? i have raised him since he was 2 andf i am dad to him, he has never seen his biological father. me and his mom recently split up after 5 years of living together and she is more concerned with hurting me by not allowing me to see him. she is telling him that he will never see me again. it is breaking my heart and more importently his. do i have any legal recourse?

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Shalini D Gujavarty

This attorney is licensed in Washington and 1 other state. Posted about 1 year ago.

In a case decided a couple of years ago, In re the Parentage of L.B.,
155 Wn.2d 679, cert. denied sub nom, Britain v. Carvin, 126 S.Ct 2021 (2006), the Washington Supreme Court decided that a non-biological parent who failed to adopt her partner’s biological child, conceived through artificial insemination with an unknown donor, had standing to seek custody under the doctrine of de facto parentage. You should consult an attorney to see if you have a strong enough claim to establish de facto parentage.

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