Moreau v. Sylvester, Sylvester v. Moreau

¶ 1. In this consolidated appeal defendant Christopher Moreau contests the Washington family court’s dismissal of his emergency petition for child custody and parentage complaint over children with whom he shares no biological or other established legal connection, as well as the Caledonia family court’s issuance of a relief-from-abuse (RFA) order denying him visitation with the children.1 Defendant contends that he is the children’s de facto parent and entitled to assert and be heard on custody, parentage and visitation rights. We disagree and affirm.

¶ 2. The following background is drawn…