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Code · Washington · Title 26 — Domestic Relations · Chapter 26.09

RCW 26.09.165

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All court orders containing parenting plan provisions or orders of contempt, entered pursuant to RCW 26.09.160 , shall include the following language:
WARNING: VIOLATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDER WITH ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF ITS TERMS IS PUNISHABLE BY CONTEMPT OF COURT, AND MAY BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER RCW 9A.40.060
(2)or 9A.40.070 (2). VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER MAY SUBJECT A VIOLATOR TO ARREST.
[ 1994 c 162 s 2 ; 1989 c 318 s 4 .]
Notes:
Severability — 1989 c 318: See note following RCW 26.09.160 .
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