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CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING A PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN
When the parties
separate during a divorce and there are children, the determination of a
Permanent Parenting Plan can often be one of the biggest issues to
resolve. The Washington statute, RCW 26.09.187 sets out the
criteria for establishing the residential schedule for a Permanent
Parenting Plan as follows:
(3) RESIDENTIAL
PROVISIONS.
(a) The court shall make residential provisions for each child
which encourage each parent to maintain a loving, stable, and
nurturing relationship with the child, consistent with the child's
developmental level and the family's social and economic
circumstances. The child's residential schedule shall be consistent
with RCW 26.09.191. Where the limitations of RCW 26.09.191 are not
dispositive of the child's residential schedule, the court shall
consider the following factors:
(i) The relative strength, nature, and stability of the child's
relationship with each parent;
(ii) The agreements of the parties, provided they were entered
into knowingly and voluntarily;
(iii) Each parent's past and potential for future performance
of parenting functions as defined in *RCW 26.09.004(3), including
whether a parent has taken greater responsibility for performing
parenting functions relating to the daily needs of the child;
(iv) The emotional needs and developmental level of the child;
(v) The child's relationship with siblings and with other
significant adults, as well as the child's involvement with his or
her physical surroundings, school, or other significant activities;
(vi) The wishes of the parents and the wishes of a child who is
sufficiently mature to express reasoned and independent preferences
as to his or her residential schedule; and
(vii) Each parent's employment schedule, and shall make
accommodations consistent with those schedules.
Factor (i) shall be given the greatest weight.
(b) Where the limitations of RCW 26.09.191 are not dispositive,
the court may order that a child frequently alternate his or her
residence between the households of the parents for brief and
substantially equal intervals of time if such provision is in the
best interests of the child. In determining whether such an
arrangement is in the best interests of the child, the court may
consider the parties geographic proximity to the extent necessary to
ensure the ability to share performance of the parenting functions.
(c) For any child, residential provisions may contain any
reasonable terms or conditions that facilitate the orderly and
meaningful exercise of residential time by a parent, including but
not limited to requirements of reasonable notice when residential
time will not occur.
At trial, the
Court will examine each of these factors to determine what is the best
interest of the child(ren), and establish the Permanent Parenting Plan.
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