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Wife moved out of home with our child, does wife have to file a parenting plan before dictating child custody in WA state

Asked over 3 years ago - Enumclaw, WA
Child Custody Family Parenting Plans

my wife moved out of our home to her parents home with our daughter. she now is dictating when i can see my daughter before any paperwork has been filed. Does she have the right to keep my daughter at her parents house or should i be able to keep her until the courts decide?

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Answered over 3 years ago. Family Law Attorney in Renton, WA.
Until the court has issued an order regarding the parenting plan of the child, both parents have equal right to access to the child.

To remove any doubt as to where the child should be, why don't you file the necessary petitions with the court? As part of the petition of dissolution of marriage or legal separation, temporary orders may be entered by the court.
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