[DOWNLOAD] "In Re Marriage Of James" by Division One Court of Appeals of Washington ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Marriage Of James
- Author : Division One Court of Appeals of Washington
- Release Date : January 09, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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AGID, J. -- The trial court found both Richard James and his former wife, Susan Barger, in contempt of court for failing to comply with provisions of their parenting plan. Richard failed to spend designated weekends and vacation with his daughter. Susan failed to make her available for telephone calls on certain dates and did not take her to a specified place to meet her father. Both have numerous excuses for violating the parenting plan. While we sympathize with the trial court's efforts to enforce the plan despite the parties' acrimonious charges and countercharges, we hold that the statute governing contempt orders, RCW 26.09.160, requires the court to first make a specific finding that the parent has acted in bad faith or that prior imposition of a lesser sanction did not compel the parent to comply. Because the trial court did not do so here, we reverse both orders.