Summary of Changes to Domestic Relations Forms

Child Relocation Act Forms

Form Number

Change

WPF DRPSCU 07.0500

Notice of Intended Relocation of Children

In the right side of the caption add: "Clerks Action Required."

Add the following sentence above "I. NOTICE:

    "This document will be filed in a restricted access court file."

Paragraph 1.1, add "(first/last)" and "Age" to the lines available for the children's names as follows:

    Name (first/last)_________________Age________

Paragraph 1.2, add the following as the third check box option:

    [ ] this notice was delayed 21 days because [ ] I entered a domestic violence shelter [ ] I am relocating to avoid a clear, immediate and unreasonable risk to the health and safety of myself or the children.

Paragraph 4.1, insert "county" between "city," and "state".

WPF DRPSCU 07.0700

Objection to Relocation/Petition for Modification of Custody Decree/Parenting Plan/Residential Schedule

Change the code in the caption and in the footer from "(OB)" to "(OBPT)".

Paragraph 1.1, inserted "(first/last)" after "Name."

Paragraph 1.2, inserted "(first/last)" after "Name."

Paragraph 1.3, inserted "(first/last)" after "Name."

Paragraph 1.4, inserted "(first/last)" after "Name."

Paragraph 3.5, add the following as the first check box option:

    [ ] this court has exclusive continuing jurisdiction. The court has previously made a child custody, parenting plan, residential schedule or visitation determination in this matter and retains jurisdiction under RCW 26.27.211.

Change the sixth check box option to:

    Washington was the home state of the children within six months before the commencement of this proceeding and the children are absent from the state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state.

Change the seventh check box option to:

    The children and the parents or the children and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have significant connection with the state other than mere physical presence; and substantial evidence is available in this state concerning the children's care, protection, training and personal relationships and

    [ ] the children have no home state elsewhere.

    [ ] the children's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum under RCW 26.27.261 or .271.

Insert the following as the tenth check box option:

    All courts in the children's home state have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this state is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the children under RCW 26.27.261 or .271.

Delete the eleventh check box option that begins with "the children are physically present...."

Change the twelfth paragraph to:

    No other state has jurisdiction.

Delete the thirteenth paragraph that begins with " This court has continuing jurisdiction..." (This paragraph was revised and moved to the beginning of paragraph 3.5.)

Add a new fourteenth paragraph:

    This court has temporary emergency jurisdiction over this proceeding because the children are present in this state and the children have been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the children because the children, or a sibling or parent of the children is subjected to or threatened with abuse. RCW 26.27.231.

Paragraph 3.6, change the paragraph title to: UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT INFORMATION

Under, " During the last five years, the children have lived" Change the second check box option to:

    in the following places with the following persons (list each place the children lived, including the state of Washington, the dates the children lived there and the names of the persons with whom the children lived. The present addresses of those persons must be listed in the required Confidential Information Form):

Under "Claims to custody or visitation," change the second check box option to:

    The following persons have physical custody of, or claim to have custody or visitation rights to, the children (list their names and the children concerned below, and list their present addresses in the Confidential Information Form. Do not list the relocating party.):

Add the following new section:

    Involvement in any other proceeding concerning the children.

    [ ] The objecting party has not been involved in any other proceeding regarding the children.

    [ ] The objecting party has been involved in the following proceedings regarding the children (list the court, the case number, and the date of the judgment or order):

Under " Other legal proceedings concerning the children," change the check box options to:

    [ ] The objecting party does not know of any other legal proceedings concerning the children.

    [ ] The objecting party knows of the following legal proceedings which concern the children (list the children concerned, the court, the case number, and the kind of proceeding):

WPF DRPSCU 07.0720

Summons

Page 2, under SERVE A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE ON" and after "[ ] Moving Party" Add:

    [You may list an address that is not your residential address where you agree to accept legal documents]

WPF DRPSCU 07.0730

Response

Paragraph 1.3, delete the phrase "nonmoving party in care of the".

Page 3, below "Print or Type Name" and above the first line available for the address, add:

    Notice to party: You may list an address that is not your residential address where you agree to accept legal documents.

WPF DRPSCU 07.0900

Order on Objection to Relocation/Modification of Custody Decree/Parenting Plan/Residential Schedule

Change "child" to "children" as applicable through the form.

Paragraph 2.2, add the following as the first check box option:

    [ ] this court has exclusive continuing jurisdiction. The court has previously made a child custody, parenting plan, residential schedule or visitation determination in this matter and retains jurisdiction under RCW 26.27.211.

Change the sixth check box option to:

    Washington was the home state of the children within six months before the commencement of this proceeding and the children are absent from the state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state.

Change the seventh check box option to:

    The children and the parents or the children and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have significant connection with the state other than mere physical presence; and substantial evidence is available in this state concerning the children's care, protection, training and personal relationships and

    [ ] the children have no home state elsewhere.

    [ ] the children's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum under RCW 26.27.261 or .271.

Insert the following as the eighth check box option:

    All courts in the children's home state have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this state is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the children under RCW 26.27.261 or .271.

Delete the ninth check box option that begins with "the children are physically present...."

Change the tenth paragraph to:

    No other state has jurisdiction.

Delete the eleventh paragraph that begins with " This court has continuing jurisdiction..." (This paragraph was revised and moved to the beginning of paragraph 3.5.)

Add a new twelfth paragraph:

    This court has temporary emergency jurisdiction over this proceeding because the children are present in this state and the children have been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the children because the children, or a sibling or parent of the children is subjected to or threatened with abuse. RCW 26.27.231.


 

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