Rebecca B. W. v. Stephen B.

*652OPINION OF THE COURT

Bruce M. Kaplan, J.

The question which this court must decide is whether it has jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding involving a child born in Seattle, Washington, to a resident of that city, and a person no longer a resident or to be found in New York.

I conclude that a lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction requires that the petition must be dismissed.

Petitioner Rebecca W., a Seattle, Washington, resident, claimed that Stephen B. is the father of her child, Johna Michelle W., born November 18, 1984 in Seattle, Washington. Her petition was verified in an…