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

RCW 26.09.540

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A court may not restrict the right of a parent to relocate the child when the sole objection to the relocation is from a third party, unless that third party is entitled to residential time or visitation under a court order and has served as the primary residential care provider to the child for a substantial period of time during the thirty-six consecutive months preceding the intended relocation.
[ 2000 c 21 s 16 .]
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Intent — Captions not law — 2000 c 21: See notes following RCW 26.09.405 .
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