HB 1456 - DIGEST

     Provides that the court shall terminate or preclude a parent's residential time with a minor child if the parent has been convicted of aggravated first degree murder, as the crime is defined in RCW 10.95.020, or murder in the first degree, as the crime is defined in RCW 9A.32.030, and the victim is the child's other parent.  However, if the child is sufficiently mature to express reasoned and independent preferences and wishes to have court-ordered residential time with the parent, the court may enter an order granting residential time.  Absent a court order granting residential time or visitation, no person shall bring about any visitation of the minor child and the parent without the consent of the child's custodian or legal guardian.