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2019 Senate Bill 5399: Concerning child relocation by a person with joint decision-making authority and equal residential time
Introduced by Sen. Jamie Pedersen (Seattle) (D) on January 21, 2019
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on January 21, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 31, 2019
Requires the court to use the factors in the Child Relocation Act for all parenting plans including those with substantially equal residential time.
Removes the presumption in favor of relocation for parenting plans with substantially equal residential time.
Defines substantially equal residential time to include arrangements in which 45 percent or more of the child's residential time is spent with each parent without regard for time ordered for non-parents.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 1, 2019
Received in the House on February 26, 2019
Referred to the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on February 26, 2019
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 19, 2019