RCW 26.12.172

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Any court rules adopted for the implementation of parenting seminars shall include the following provisions:

(1)In no case shall opposing parties be required to attend seminars together;

(2)Upon a showing of domestic violence or abuse which would not require mutual decision making pursuant to RCW 26.09.191 , or that a parent's attendance at the seminar is not in the children's best interests, the court shall either:

(a)Waive the requirement of completion of the seminar; or

(b)Provide an alternative, voluntary parenting seminar for battered spouses or battered domestic partners; and

(3)The court may waive the seminar for good cause.

(4)Cases filed as a minor guardianship under chapter 11.130 RCW are exempt from requirements of parenting seminar attendance.

[ 2022 c 243 s 3 ; 2008 c 6 s 1046 ; 1994 c 267 s 5 .]

Notes:

Part headings not law — Severability — 2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901 .

Effective date — 1994 c 267: See note following RCW 26.09.191 .