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Washington Laws on Child Support -- RCW 26.19
http://www.leg.wa.gov/RCW/index.cfm?fuseaction=cha
Source: Washington State Legislature

Links to Washington statutes on Child support, including the child support economic table, standards for application of the child support schedule, veterans� disability pensions, compensation for disability, and aid and attendant care payments, worksheets and instructions for child support, payments for attendant services in case of disability, standards for establishing lower and upper limits on child support amounts, standards for determining income, standards for deviation from the standard calculation, the allocation of child support obligations between parents, standards for post-secondary educational support awards and federal income tax exemptions.
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• Where can I find Washington laws about the calculation of child support?
• What laws determine how much child support should be paid?
• What laws determine how much each parent pays for child support?
• What does a court look at in determining child support?
• When can child support be ordered for post-secondary education?
• What are the federal tax implications of child support?

Spousal Support and Alimony
http://www.wflr.com/consumer_spousal_maintenance.h
Source: Washington Family Law Reporter

Information and links about alimony.
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• What is alimony?
• How does alimony effect my taxes?

Adoption, Egg Donor and Surrogacy Ads
http://www.splc.org/legalresearch.asp?id=33
Source: Student Press Law Center

Describes how laws in various states regulate newspaper advertising regarding surrogate parentage and egg donation.
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• Can I advertise for a surrogate parent in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise for an egg donor in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise my services as a surrogate parent in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise my services as an egg donor in the newspaper?

Adoption Law
http://family-law.freeadvice.com/adoption_law/
Source: Free Advice

Provides brief answers to questions regarding adoption and adoption law.
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• What is ‘adoption’ in a legal sense?
• What is ‘equitable adoption’ or ‘adoption by estoppel?’
• Must the child be a minor to be adopted?
• What is an adoption agency?
• Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
• What is an ‘open adoption?’
• Can the natural parent or the adoptive parent change his/her mind after adoption?
• What grounds may adoption be challenged?
• What happens to the adoption records?
• What are the steps in a typical adoption?
• Is a father’s consent required if the child was the result of rape or incest?
• Is a child’s consent necessary?
• What happens in the case of a missing parent or an abandonment?
• What is step-parent adoption?
• What is a second-parent adoption?
• What is a two-parent adoption?
• Can a single, straight person adopt?
• Is the natural father's consent to the adoption necessary?
• Can homosexuals adopt?
• When is a natural parent ‘unfit’, so as to allow adoption without his/her consent?
• What happens with a child using a surrogate mother?
• Are there hassles in international adoption?
• What documents need to be provided for an international adoption?
• Does a foreign-born child adopted by a u.s. citizen automatically become a us citizen?
• Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption?
• We are a childless couple and have a chance to obtain an infant if we pay lots of money upfront. Is it legal?
• What changes are made in birth certificates?
• What about federal tax benefits for adoption?

Adoption - Documents for your Adoption Attorney
http://public.findlaw.com/adoption/life_events/for
Source: Findlaw

List of documents one should be prepared to show to their attorney in an adoption proceeding.
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• What information will my adoption attorney need from me?