State v. Veliz

¶1 In this case we must decide whether a domestic violence protection order that includes a child *851visitation provision qualifies as a “court-ordered parenting plan,” a necessary element under a specific provision of Washington’s first degree custodial interference statute, RCW 9A.40.060(2). We conclude that it does not because the legislature created the phrase “court-ordered parenting plan” as a term of art that refers specifically to a document created under chapter 26.09 RCW. Accordingly, we reverse the Court of Appeals and remand for dismissal of Jose Veliz’s custodial interference…