In Re Krp

How courts have described this case

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• presumed parent became adjudicated parent by virtue of dissolution proceeding ordering the presumed parent pay child support
• “ ‘Where a provision contains both the words “shall” and “may,” it is presumed that the lawmaker intended to distinguish between them.’ ” (quoting Scannell v. City of Seattle, 97 Wn.2d 701, 704, 648 P.2d 435 (1982))
• “‘Where a provision contains both the words “shall” and “may,” it is presumed that the lawmaker intended to distinguish between them.’” (Quoting Scannell v. City of Seattle, 97 Wn.2d 701, 704, 648 P.2d 435 (1982)); see also State v. Roberts, 117 Wn.2d 576, 585-86, 817 P.2d 855 (1991

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).