Except as provided in RCW 26.09.460, a person with whom the child resides a majority of the time, or a person with substantially equal residential time, shall notify every other person entitled to residential time or visitation with the child under a court order if the person intends to relocate. Notice shall be given as prescribed in RCW 26.09.440 and 26.09.450.
RCW 26.09.430
Notice requirement.
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case In Re Marriage of Horner (2004)
Most recently applied in Ethan Joseph Bergerson v. Maria Teresa Zurbano (December 2018)
2019 c 79 s 2; 2000 c 21 s 5.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.