Nonparental Custody Petition
Paragraph 1.1, delete rows for Social Security Number, Driver's License or Identicard (# and State) and Home Address. Change the format of petitioner's name and birth date to:
Name (first/last)__________, Birth date ______.
Add
Paragraph 1.2, delete rows for Social Security Number, Driver's License or Identicard (# and State) and Home Address. Change the format for respondent's name and birth date to:
Name (first/last)__________, Birth date ______.
Add
Paragraph 1.3, change "Date of Birth" to "Age" and delete the Home Address row. Change the formatting of the information to:
Name (first/last)________________________Age______
Paragraph 1.4, 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:
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.
Paragraph 1.5, in the paragraph title, insert "AND ENFORCMENT" between "JURISDICTION" and "ACT".
Paragraph 1.5, the second check box under "During the last five years, the children have lived:" change the information in the parenthesis to:
(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.)
Change the second check box under "Claims to custody or visitation" 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 responding party.):
Add the following subheading and check box options:
Involvement in any other proceeding concerning the children:
[ ] The petitioner has not been involved in any other proceeding regarding the children.
[ ] The petitioner 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 petitioner does not know of any other legal proceedings concerning the children.
[ ] The petitioner knows of the following legal proceedings which concern the children (list the children concerned, the court, the case number and the kind of proceeding):
Paragraph 1.9, Continuing Restraining Order, in the third check box option, change "working" to "work" place.
Paragraph 1.9, Continuing Restraining Order, change the fourth check box option to:
_________________ [Name] should be restrained or enjoined from knowingly coming within or knowingly remaining within______ (distance) of the home, work place or school of the other party or the day care or school of these children:________________________
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