State v. Cline

¶1 The State of Washington appeals the superior court’s order granting Teresa Lynn Cline’s Knapstad1 motion and dismissing without prejudice the first degree custodial interference charge against her. The State argues that the superior court erred in concluding as *646a matter of law that there was no material dispute that Cline had intentionally taken the child with intent to deprive the child’s father of contact for a “protracted period” (here, a full weekend) for purposes of the custodial interference statute.2 Cline cross-appeals, arguing that, if we agree with the State, the State failed to…