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WA Rev Code § 26.50.115 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.115 - Enforcement of ex parte order—Knowledge of order prerequisite to penalties—Reasonable efforts to serve copy of order.

RCW 26.50.115 Enforcement of ex parte order—Knowledge of order prerequisite to penalties—Reasonable efforts to serve copy of order. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)(1) When the court issues an ex parte order pursuant to RCW 26.50.070 or an order of protection pursuant to RCW 26.50.060, the court shall advise the petitioner that the respondent may not be subjected to the penalties set forth in RCW 26.50.110 for a violation of the order unless the respondent knows of the order.(2) When a peace officer investigates a report of an alleged violation of an order for protection issued under this chapter the officer shall attempt to determine whether the respondent knew of the existence of the protection order. If the law enforcement officer determines that the respondent did not or probably did not know about the protection order and the officer is provided a current copy of the order, the officer shall serve the order on the respondent if the respondent is present. If the respondent is not present, the officer shall make reasonable efforts to serve a copy of the order on the respondent. If the officer serves the respondent with the petitioner's copy of the order, the officer shall give petitioner a receipt indicating that petitioner's copy has been served on the respondent. After the officer has served the order on the respondent, the officer shall enforce prospective compliance with the order.(3) Presentation of an unexpired, certified copy of a protection order with proof of service is sufficient for a law enforcement officer to enforce the order regardless of the presence of the order in the law enforcement computer-based criminal intelligence information system.[ 1996 c 248 § 17; 1995 c 246 § 15; 1992 c 143 § 8.]NOTES:Severability—1995 c 246: See note following RCW 26.50.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.120 - Violation of order—Prosecuting attorney or attorney for municipality may be requested to assist—Costs and attorney's fee.

RCW 26.50.120 Violation of order—Prosecuting attorney or attorney for municipality may be requested to assist—Costs and attorney's fee. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)When a party alleging a violation of an order for protection issued under this chapter states that the party is unable to afford private counsel and asks the prosecuting attorney for the county or the attorney for the municipality in which the order was issued for assistance, the attorney shall initiate and prosecute a contempt proceeding if there is probable cause to believe that the violation occurred. In this action, the court may require the violator of the order to pay the costs incurred in bringing the action, including a reasonable attorney's fee.[ 1984 c 263 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.123 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.123 - Service by mail.

RCW 26.50.123 Service by mail. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)(1) In circumstances justifying service by publication under RCW 26.50.085(1), if the serving party files an affidavit stating facts from which the court determines that service by mail is just as likely to give actual notice as service by publication and that the serving party is unable to afford the cost of service by publication, the court may order that service be made by mail. Such service shall be made by any person over eighteen years of age, who is competent to be a witness, other than a party, by mailing copies of the order and other process to the party to be served at his or her last known address or any other address determined by the court to be appropriate. Two copies shall be mailed, postage prepaid, one by ordinary first-class mail and the other by a form of mail requiring a signed receipt showing when and to whom it was delivered. The envelopes must bear the return address of the sender.(2) Proof of service under this section shall be consistent with court rules for civil proceedings.(3) Service under this section may be used in the same manner and shall have the same jurisdictional effect as service by publication for purposes of this chapter. Service shall be deemed complete upon the mailing of two copies as prescribed in this section.[ 1995 c 246 § 16.]NOTES:Severability—1995 c 246: See note following RCW 26.50.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.125 - Service by publication or mailing—Costs.

RCW 26.50.125 Service by publication or mailing—Costs. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)Except as provided in RCW 10.14.055, the court may permit service by publication or by mail under this chapter only if the petitioner pays the cost of publication or mailing unless the county legislative authority allocates funds for service of process by publication or by mail for indigent petitioners.[ 2002 c 117 § 5; 1995 c 246 § 17; 1992 c 143 § 9.]NOTES:Severability—1995 c 246: See note following RCW 26.50.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.135 - Residential placement or custody of a child—Prerequisite.

RCW 26.50.135 Residential placement or custody of a child—Prerequisite. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)(1) Before granting an order under this chapter directing residential placement of a child or restraining or limiting a party's contact with a child, the court shall consult the judicial information system, if available, to determine the pendency of other proceedings involving the residential placement of any child of the parties for whom residential placement has been requested.(2) Jurisdictional issues regarding out-of-state proceedings involving the custody or residential placement of any child of the parties shall be governed by the uniform child custody jurisdiction [and enforcement] act, chapter 26.27 RCW.[ 1995 c 246 § 19.]NOTES:Severability—1995 c 246: See note following RCW 26.50.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.140 - Peace officers—Immunity.

RCW 26.50.140 Peace officers—Immunity. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)No peace officer may be held criminally or civilly liable for making an arrest under RCW 26.50.110 if the police officer acts in good faith and without malice.[ 1984 c 263 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.160 - Judicial information system—Database.

RCW 26.50.160 Judicial information system—Database. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)To prevent the issuance of competing protection orders in different courts and to give courts needed information for issuance of orders, the judicial information system shall be available in each district, municipal, and superior court by July 1, 1997, and shall include a database containing the following information:(1) The names of the parties and the cause number for every order of protection issued under this title, every sexual assault protection order issued under chapter 7.90 RCW, every criminal no-contact order issued under chapters 9A.46 and 10.99 RCW, every antiharassment order issued under chapter 10.14 RCW, every dissolution action under chapter 26.09 RCW, every third-party custody action under *chapter 26.10 RCW, every parentage action under chapter 26.26A or 26.26B RCW, every restraining order issued on behalf of an abused child or adult dependent person under chapter 26.44 RCW, every foreign protection order filed under chapter 26.52 RCW, every Canadian domestic violence protection order filed under chapter 26.55 RCW, and every order for protection of a vulnerable adult under chapter 74.34 RCW. When a guardian or the department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families has petitioned for relief on behalf of an abused child, adult dependent person, or vulnerable adult, the name of the person on whose behalf relief was sought shall be included in the database as a party rather than the guardian or appropriate department;(2) A criminal history of the parties; and(3) Other relevant information necessary to assist courts in issuing orders under this chapter as determined by the judicial information system committee.[ 2019 c 263 § 914; 2019 c 46 § 5040; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 335; 2006 c 138 § 26. Prior: 2000 c 119 § 25; 2000 c 51 § 1; 1995 c 246 § 18.]NOTES:Reviser's note: *(1) Chapter 26.10 RCW, with the exception of RCW 26.10.115, was repealed by 2020 c 312 § 905, effective January 1, 2021.(2) This section was amended by 2019 c 46 § 5040 and by 2019 c 263 § 914, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Effective date—2019 c 263 §§ 901-915, 1001, and 1002: See RCW 26.55.903.Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.Short title—2006 c 138: See RCW 7.90.900.Application—2000 c 119: See note following RCW 26.50.021.Severability—1995 c 246: See note following RCW 26.50.010.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.165 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.165 - Judicial information system—Names of adult cohabitants in third-party custody actions.

RCW 26.50.165 Judicial information system—Names of adult cohabitants in third-party custody actions. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)In addition to the information required to be included in the judicial information system under RCW 26.50.160, the database shall contain the names of any adult cohabitant of a petitioner to a third-party custody action under *chapter 26.10 RCW.[ 2003 c 105 § 4.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 26.10 RCW, with the exception of RCW 26.10.115, was repealed by 2020 c 312 § 905, effective January 1, 2021.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.200 - Title to real estate—Effect.

RCW 26.50.200 Title to real estate—Effect. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)Nothing in this chapter may affect the title to real estate: PROVIDED, That a judgment for costs or fees awarded under this chapter shall constitute a lien on real estate to the extent provided in chapter 4.56 RCW.[ 1985 c 303 § 7; 1984 c 263 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.210 - Proceedings additional.

RCW 26.50.210 Proceedings additional. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)Any proceeding under chapter 263, Laws of 1984 is in addition to other civil or criminal remedies.[ 1984 c 263 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.220 - Parenting plan—Designation of parent for other state and federal purposes.

RCW 26.50.220 Parenting plan—Designation of parent for other state and federal purposes. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)Solely for the purposes of all other state and federal statutes which require a designation or determination of custody, a parenting plan shall designate the parent with whom the child is scheduled to reside a majority of the time as the custodian of the child. However, this designation shall not affect either parent's rights and responsibilities under the parenting plan. In the absence of such a designation, the parent with whom the child is scheduled to reside the majority of the time shall be deemed to be the custodian of the child for the purposes of such federal and state statutes.[ 1989 c 375 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.230 - Protection order against person with a disability, brain injury, or impairment.

RCW 26.50.230 Protection order against person with a disability, brain injury, or impairment. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)(1) The administrative office of the courts shall update the law enforcement information form which it provides for the use of a petitioner who is seeking an ex parte protection order in such a fashion as to prompt the person to disclose on the form whether the person who the petitioner is seeking to restrain has a disability, brain injury, or impairment requiring special assistance.(2) Any peace officer who serves a protection order on a respondent with the knowledge that the respondent requires special assistance due to a disability, brain injury, or impairment shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate the needs of the respondent to the extent practicable without compromise to the safety of the petitioner.[ 2010 c 274 § 303.]NOTES:Intent—2010 c 274: See note following RCW 10.31.100.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.240 - Personal jurisdiction—Nonresident individuals.

RCW 26.50.240 Personal jurisdiction—Nonresident individuals. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)(1) In a proceeding in which a petition for an order for protection under this chapter is sought, a court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual if:(a) The individual is personally served with a petition within this state;(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, entering a general appearance, or filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any objection to consent to personal jurisdiction;(c) The act or acts of the individual or the individual's agent giving rise to the petition or enforcement of an order for protection occurred within this state;(d)(i) The act or acts of the individual or the individual's agent giving rise to the petition or enforcement of an order for protection occurred outside this state and are part of an ongoing pattern of domestic violence or stalking that has an adverse effect on the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family or household and the petitioner resides in this state; or(ii) As a result of acts of domestic violence or stalking, the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family or household has sought safety or protection in this state and currently resides in this state; or(e) There is any other basis consistent with RCW 4.28.185 or with the Constitutions of this state and the United States.(2) For jurisdiction to be exercised under subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) of this section, the individual must have communicated with the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's family, directly or indirectly, or made known a threat to the safety of the petitioner or member of the petitioner's family while the petitioner or family member resides in this state. For the purposes of subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) of this section, "communicated or made known" includes, but is not limited to, through the mail, telephonically, or a posting on an electronic communication site or medium. Communication on any electronic medium that is generally available to any individual residing in the state shall be sufficient to exercise jurisdiction under subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) of this section.(3) For the purposes of this section, an act or acts that "occurred within this state" includes, but is not limited to, an oral or written statement made or published by a person outside of this state to any person in this state by means of the mail, interstate commerce, or foreign commerce. Oral or written statements sent by electronic mail or the internet are deemed to have "occurred within this state."[ 2010 c 274 § 306.]NOTES:Intent—2010 c 274: See note following RCW 10.31.100.
WA Rev Code § 26.50.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.250 - Disclosure of information.

RCW 26.50.250 Disclosure of information. (Effective until July 1, 2022. Recodified as RCW 70.123.078.)(1)(a) No court or administrative body may compel any person or domestic violence program as defined in RCW 70.123.020 to disclose the name, address, or location of any domestic violence program, including a shelter or transitional housing facility location, in any civil or criminal case or in any administrative proceeding unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that disclosure is necessary for the implementation of justice after consideration of safety and confidentiality concerns of the parties and other residents of the domestic violence program, and other alternatives to disclosure that would protect the interests of the parties.(b) The court's findings shall be made following a hearing in which the domestic violence program has been provided notice of the request for disclosure and an opportunity to respond.(2) In any proceeding where the confidential name, address, or location of a domestic violence program is ordered to be disclosed, the court shall order that the parties be prohibited from further dissemination of the confidential information, and that any portion of any records containing such confidential information be sealed.(3) Any person who obtains access to and intentionally and maliciously releases confidential information about the location of a domestic violence program for any purpose other than required by a court proceeding is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 223 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.900 - Short title.

RCW 26.50.900 Short title. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)This chapter may be cited as the "Domestic Violence Prevention Act".[ 1984 c 263 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 26.50.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.50 - Domestic Violence Prevention.|26.50.901 - Effective date—1984 c 263.

RCW 26.50.901 Effective date—1984 c 263. (Effective until July 1, 2022.)Sections 1 through 29 of this act shall take effect on September 1, 1984.[ 1984 c 263 § 32.]
WA Rev Code § 26.51.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence.|26.51.010 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 26.51.010 Findings—Intent.The legislature recognizes that individuals who abuse their intimate partners often misuse court proceedings in order to control, harass, intimidate, coerce, and/or impoverish the abused partner. Court proceedings can provide a means for an abuser to exert and reestablish power and control over a domestic violence survivor long after a relationship has ended. The legal system unwittingly becomes another avenue that abusers exploit to cause psychological, emotional, and financial devastation. This misuse of the court system by abusers has been referred to as legal bullying, stalking through the courts, paper abuse, and similar terms. The legislature finds that the term "abusive litigation" is the most common term and that it accurately describes this problem. Abusive litigation against domestic violence survivors arises in a variety of contexts. Family law cases such as dissolutions, legal separations, parenting plan actions or modifications, and protection order proceedings are particularly common forums for abusive litigation. It is also not uncommon for abusers to file civil lawsuits against survivors, such as defamation, tort, or breach of contract claims. Even if a lawsuit is meritless, forcing a survivor to spend time, money, and emotional resources responding to the action provides a means for the abuser to assert power and control over the survivor.The legislature finds that courts have considerable authority to respond to abusive litigation tactics, while upholding litigants' constitutional rights to access to the courts. Because courts have inherent authority to control the conduct of litigants, they have considerable discretion to fashion creative remedies in order to curb abusive litigation. The legislature intends to provide the courts with an additional tool to curb abusive litigation and to mitigate the harms abusive litigation perpetuates.[ 2020 c 311 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 26.51.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence.|26.51.030 - Order restricting abusive litigation—Who may request, when—Instructions, brochures, and forms—Fees.

RCW 26.51.030 Order restricting abusive litigation—Who may request, when—Instructions, brochures, and forms—Fees.(1) A party to a case may request from the court an order restricting abusive litigation if the parties are current or former intimate partners and one party has been found by the court to have committed domestic violence against the other party:(a) In any answer or response to the litigation being filed, initiated, advanced, or continued;(b) By motion made at any time during any open or ongoing case; or(c) By separate motion made under this chapter, within five years of the entry of an order for protection even if the order has since expired.(2) Any court of competent jurisdiction may, on its own motion, determine that a hearing pursuant to RCW 26.51.040 is necessary to determine if a party is engaging in abusive litigation.(3) The administrative office of the courts shall update the instructions, brochures, standard petition, and order for protection forms, and create new forms for the motion for order restricting abusive litigation and order restricting abusive litigation, and update the court staff handbook when changes in the law make an update necessary.(4) No filing fee may be charged to the unrestricted party for proceedings under this section regardless of whether it is filed under this chapter or another action in this title. Forms and instructional brochures shall be provided free of charge.(5) The provisions of this section are nonexclusive and do not affect any other remedy available.[ 2020 c 311 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 26.51.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.51 - Abusive Litigation—Domestic Violence.|26.51.040 - Hearing—Procedure.

RCW 26.51.040 Hearing—Procedure.(1) If a party asserts that they are being subjected to abusive litigation, the court shall attempt to verify that the parties have or previously had an intimate partner relationship and that the party raising the claim of abusive litigation has been found to be a victim of domestic violence by the other party. If the court verifies that both elements are true, or is unable to verify that they are not true, the court shall set a hearing to determine whether the litigation meets the definition of abusive litigation.(2) At the time set for the hearing on the alleged abusive civil action, the court shall hear all relevant testimony and may require any affidavits, documentary evidence, or other records the court deems necessary.[ 2020 c 311 § 4.]