In Re the Marriage of Waggener

Pearson, A.C.J.

This is an appeal from the custody provisions of a decree dissolving the marriage of the parties. We allowed the appeal to proceed as a petition for extraor^ dinary writ, in accordance with CAROA 57 (b) (1).

The decree in question awarded custody of the parties’ 4-year-old son to the respondent father, Conrad Wagge-ner. Petitioner, Kathleen Waggener, contends on appeal that one of the relevant factors mandated by RCW 26.09.190 in awarding custody was not considered by the trial court, and that under the circumstances presented the court should have appointed an attorney for the…