Washington Administrative Code
Title 192 - Employment Security Department
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
Chapter 192-610 - Initial application for benefits
Section 192-610-025 - Birth, placement, or death of a child and required documentation

(1) When paid family or medical leave is taken for the postnatal period, to bond with the employee's child after birth, or for the death of a child as outlined in subsection (6) of this section, the employee must provide:

(2) When paid family leave is taken to bond with the employee's child after the child's placement as defined in WAC 192-500-195, the employee must provide a copy of a court order verifying placement. If a court order is not available, the department may accept alternate documentation sufficient to verify the placement.

(3) Additional documentation may be requested to substantiate the qualifying event.

(4) Only the employee giving birth is eligible for medical leave taken for the postnatal period related to recovery from childbirth.

(5)

(6) Subject to the maximum and minimum weekly benefits, duration, and other conditions and limitations established in Title 50A RCW, an employee is eligible for up to seven calendar days of family leave in the event of the death of a child they would have been eligible to bond with or were bonding with. This leave is available for up to seven calendar days beginning the day after the date of the child's death or delivery of the deceased child.