BILL REQ. #:  S-0472.1 

Read first time 01/22/09.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to the relocation of a child in a domestic relations matter; and amending RCW 26.09.410.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 26.09.410 and 2000 c 21 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 26.09.405 through 26.09.560 and 26.09.260 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Court order" means a temporary or permanent parenting plan, custody order, visitation order, or other order governing the residence of a child under this title.
     (2) "Principal residence" means any residence where the child spends a significant number of school nights, including those residences shared equally by the child. "Principal residence" does not include residences where the child may spend every other weekend, holidays, or summer vacations.
     (3) "Relocate" means a change in principal residence either permanently or for a protracted period of time.