RULE 4.1                                               
            PROCESS--DOMESTIC RELATIONS ACTIONS                                  
                                                                                 
    (a) Summons--General. Actions authorized by RCW 26.09 shall be               
commenced by filing a petition or by service of a copy of a summons              
together with a copy of the petition on respondent as provided in rule 4.        
Upon written demand by the respondent, the petitioner shall pay the filing       
fee and file the summons and petition within 14 days after service of the        
demand or the service shall be void. No summons is necessary if both             
spouses sign a joint petition or if the respondent files a written joinder       
in the proceeding.                                                               
    (b) Summons--Content, Form.                                                  
    (1) Content. The summons shall contain the title of the action, the          
name of the county and the court in which the action is brought, the names       
of the parties, as petitioner and respondent, a direction to the respondent      
to serve a copy of his or her response on the person who has signed the          
summons, the time limit within which the copy of the response must be            
served, notice that failure to serve a copy of the response within the           
stated time may result in a judgment by default, the signature and address       
of the petitioner or petitioner's attorney, and the date.                        
    (2) Form. The summons for personal service in the state in an action         
for dissolution of marriage shall be substantially in the form below. The        
summons for personal service in the state in any other action authorized by      
RCW 26.09 should be adapted from this form. The summons for personal             
service out of state should be adapted from this form and must include the       
modifications required by statute. See RCW 4.28.180.                             
                                                                                 
                SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON                                     
                FOR (_______________) COUNTY                                     
                                                                                 
In the Matter of the     )                                                       
Marriage of              )                 No. ______                            
_______________,         )                                                       
    Petitioner,          )                                                       
  and                    )                                                       
_______________,         )                      SUMMONS FOR                      
    Respondent.          )                 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE               
                                                                                 
    TO THE RESPONDENT: The petitioner has started an action in the above         
court requesting that your marriage be dissolved. Additional requests, if        
any, are stated in the petition, a copy of which is attached to this             
summons.                                                                         
    You must respond to this summons and petition by serving a copy of your      
written response on the person signing this summons. If you do not serve         
your written response within 20 days after the date this summons was served      
on you, exclusive of the day of service, the court may enter an order of         
default against you, and at the end of 90 days after service and filing,         
the court may, without further notice to you, enter a decree dissolving          
your marriage and approving or providing for other relief requested in the       
petition. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person,         
you are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be         
entered.                                                                         
    You may demand that the petitioner file this action with the court. If       
you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the person      
signing this summons. Within 14 days after you serve the demand, the             
petitioner must file this action with the court, or the service on you of        
this summons and petition will be void.                                          
    If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you            
should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served       
on time.                                                                         
    One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to        
send it by certified mail with return receipt requested.                         
    This summons is issued pursuant to rule 4.1 of the Superior Court Civil      
Rules of the State of Washington.                                                
                                                                                 
Dated ________________________     (signed) __________________________           
                                   ___________________________________           
                                              Print or Type Name                 
SERVE A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE ON:                                                
                              ( ) Petitioner ( ) Petitioner's Attorney           
                              ________________________________________           
                                                    Address                      
                              ________________________________________           
                              ________________________________________           
                                   (city)                   (zip)