HB 1296 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that municipal courts may exercise jurisdiction and cognizance of any civil actions and proceedings brought under chapter 10.14 RCW by adoption of local court rule, except the municipal court shall transfer such actions and proceedings to the superior court when it is shown that the respondent to the petition is under eighteen years of age.

Provides that, for the purposes of chapter 10.14 RCW an action may be brought in: (1) The municipality in which the alleged acts of unlawful harassment occurred;

(2) The municipality where any respondent resides at the time the petition is filed; or

(3) The municipality where a respondent may be served if it is the same county or judicial district where a respondent resides.