Fairfax v. Simpson

¶1 RCW 26.09.270 requires that a parent seeking to change custody show adequate cause to warrant a full hearing on the petition. Here the court entered an order establishing parentage and, as part of that order, gave the mother custody “solely for the purpose of other state and federal statutes.” The court established no residential or visitation schedule. We conclude that this initial order establishing parentage was not sufficient to trigger the necessity for the adequate cause hearing needed to proceed with a change of custody, and we affirm the judgment of the court that awarded custody…