PDFWAC 388-14A-3110
When can a support establishment notice become a final order?
(1) The notice and finding of financial responsibility (NFFR) becomes a final, enforceable order if neither the custodial parent (CP) nor the noncustodial parent (NCP) objects and requests a timely hearing on the notice. An objection is also called a hearing request.
(2) If a timely objection is filed, the division of child support (DCS) cannot enforce the terms of the notice until a final order as defined in this section is entered.
(3) To be timely, the NCP must object within the following time limits:
(a) Within 20 days of service, if the NCP was served in Washington state.
(b) Within 60 days of service, if the NCP was served outside of Washington state.
(4) To be timely, the CP must object within 20 days of service.
(5) An objection to a support establishment notice is a request for hearing on the notice.
(6) The effective date of the hearing request is the date DCS receives the request for hearing.
(7) When a NFPR was served, the order became a final order if neither parent requested genetic testing under WAC 388-14A-3120(19) within the following time limits:
(a) The NCP must have requested genetic testing within 20 days of service, if the NCP was served in Washington state.
(b) The NCP must have requested genetic testing within 60 days of service, if the NCP was served outside of Washington state.
(c) The CP must have requested genetic testing within 20 days of service of the notice.
(8) The NCP or CP must make the hearing request either in writing or orally, at any DCS office. See WAC 388-14A-6100 regarding oral requests for hearing.
(9) After a timely request for hearing, the final order is one of the following, whichever occurs latest:
(a) An agreed settlement or consent order under WAC 388-14A-3600; or
(b) A final order as defined in WAC 388-14A-6105 and further described in WAC 388-14A-6115.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 26.23.050, 26.23.110, 43.20A.550, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.20.040, 74.20A.055, 74.20A.056, and 74.20A.310. WSR 25-09-019, s 388-14A-3110, filed 4/7/25, effective 5/8/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 34.05.220(1), 74.08.090, 74.20A.056, 74.20A.310, 26.26.315, 26.26.320, 26.26.330, 26.26.335, 74.20A.055, 2002 c 302, and 2002 c 199. WSR 03-17-013, § 388-14A-3110, filed 8/12/03, effective 9/12/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 34.05.220(1), 74.08.090, 74.20A.055, 74.20A.056. WSR 00-15-016 and 00-20-022, § 388-14A-3110, filed 7/10/00 and 9/25/00, effective 11/6/00. Formerly WAC 388-11-210.]